13 Colony Notes 3-5

What was the purpose of the 1559 ACT OF UNIFORMITY?

• To demand that all British citizens attend services and follow the traditions of the Church of England

• To create two dissenting religious groups in English society

• To establish the Puritans as a separate religious group

• To grant the Pilgrims a charter to settle in Jamestown

Who were the Puritans?

• Members of the Church of England who wanted to 'purify' some of its practices

• Puritans who gave up on 'purifying' the Church and decided to break away from it entirely

• Leaders of the Pilgrims who refused to worship in the Anglican Church

• Local native people who helped the Pilgrims in Plymouth

What did the Separatists do?

• They wanted to 'purify' the Church of England

• They refused to worship in the Anglican Church and decided to break away from it entirely

• They settled in Jamestown with the help of the London Company

• They taught the Pilgrims how to grow corn in New England

Where did the Pilgrims originally plan to settle?

• Jamestown

• Cape Cod

• Plymouth

• Holland

Who taught the Pilgrims how to grow corn in the rocky New England soil?

• William Bradford

• Squanto

• The London Company

• The Puritans

What served as fertilizer for the crops planted in New England?

• Dead fish

• Animal manure

• Chemical fertilizers

• Compost

How did the Native people accidentally arrive at the first Thanksgiving celebration in 1621?

• They heard gunshots

• They were invited

• They followed a map

• They were lost

Which colony absorbed Plymouth in 1691?

• Massachusetts Bay Colony

• Virginia Colony

• New York Colony

• Pennsylvania Colony

What did Massachusetts Bay Governor John Winthrop call New England?

• A City of a Hill

• A Land of Opportunity

• A Wilderness

• A Paradise

What was a common characteristic of New England settlers?

• They usually came as families

• They were mostly single men

• They were wealthy aristocrats

• They were criminals