Reflections Grade 5 Chapter 4 Lesson 3

The Pilgrims had religious freedom in the Netherlands, but they did not like the Dutch ways.

What is a pilgrim?

• A person who is fleeing a war torn country.

• A person who makes a journey for religious reasons.

• A person who travels to another country.

• A person who starts a new colony or settlement.

To keep order, all the men onboard the Mayflower signed a compact.

What is a compact?

• A container that stores a woman's makeup.

• A document that lists the men onboard a ship.

• An agreement or contract between people or groups.

• A sworn oath that you will die for your country.

At a time when monarchs ruled, self-government was a very new idea.

What is self-government?

• A system of government in which a leader makes the laws for a group of people.

• A system of government where a different country makes laws for the people.

• A system of government that has the same laws as another country.

• A system of government in which people make their own laws.

The people voted on the law using majority rule.

What does majority rule mean?

• The political idea that the one person has the power to make decisions for the whole group.

• The law that states that the one who rules a country must be voted on.

• The rule that a small portion of people vote on a rule or law before it is passed.

• The political idea that the majority of an organized group should have the power to make decision for the whole group.

The separatists were severely critical of the Church of England, and wanted to either destroy it or separate from it.

What are separatists?

• People who wanted to leave, or separate, from the Church of England.

• People who have gone through a separation from their spouse.

• People who lived separately, or apart, from the other colonies.

• People who are against all religion.

This person banned the Catholic Church in England and replaced it with the Church of England.

• John Smith

• King Henry VIII

• Tisquantum

• Samoset

This person was an Abenaki Indian, who was the first to welcome the English Settlers at Plymouth Colony.

• King Henry VIII

• Tisquantum

• Samoset

• William Bradford

This person was a Wampanoag Indian who was taken and sold as a slave in Spain.

• Tisquantum

• Samoset

• King Henry VIII

• William Bradford

This person was an English explorer, soldier, and writer who helped settle Jamestown, and named Plymouth Colony.

• Tisquantum

• William Bradford

• Samoset

• John Smith

This person was a separatist, religious leader who served as governor of Plymouth Colony.

• William Bradford

• John Smith

• King Henry VIII

• Tisquantum