New England

What are the New England Colonies?

• Massachusetts

  Pennsylvania

  Rhode Island

  New Jersey

• Massachusetts

  Rhode Island

  Connecticut

  New Hampshire

• New Jersey

  New York

  Pennsylvania

  Delaware

• Maryland

  Virginia

  North Carolina

  South Carolina

  Georgia

English settlers going to the New England colonies were seeking....

• Wealth

• Land

• Religious Freedom

• Gold

Separatists were also known as....

• Puritans

• Powhatan

• Pequot

• Pilgrims

What was the Mayflower?

• an

  English ship that set sail for the

  New World in 1620

• a field of sunflowers in the New England colonies

• a document that allowed for growing flowers

• a flower that only grew in May and was extremely important

What did the Mayflower Compact do?

• a ship that carried the pilgrims to the Americas

• it allowed pilgrims to interact with the Native Americans

• set up an organized and orderly government

• a compact that gave Puritans the right to board the Mayflower

Where was the Mayflower originally supposed to land?

• Maryland

• Roanoke

• New York

• Virginia

Who signed the Mayflower Compact?

• Men, Women, and Children

• ONLY men

• Men and Women

• Everybody on board

The Pilgrims chose to settle at Plymouth Rock because....

• its defensive position

  and it had previously been a Native American settlement

• it was the biggest area of land they could find

• it had the most abundant resources of food and supplies

• it was the easiest place to go

How was the first winter in the New World for the Pilgrims?

• they did very well because they had enough food and supplies for everyone

• many died of disease, starvation and exposure

• they did not do well, but little of their people died

• they befriended the nearest Native group who helped them get through the tough winter

Who was William Bradford?

• signed the US constitution

• Created a narrative of the Pequot tribe

• first to sign the Mayflower Compact

• He was a leader of the Plymouth colony