British Colonies of the New England

What was the Mayflower?

• A beautiful flower which grows at the beginning of May on the hills of Scotland.

• A ship which a group of 102 English people sailed in.

• A ship which a group of Dutch people sailed in.

• A ship which carried flowers from Virginia to Massachusetts.

Was the area where the Mayflower landed completely mysterious to the English settlers?

• Yes. European people had never set foot there.

• No. There were already European settlers living there.

• No. AN English explorer named John Cabot had explored it in the 1500's and English fisherman used to fish for cod there.

• Yes. No human being lived there because it was too wild. Even Native Americans stayed clear from that coast line.

What was the main goal of the Mayflower passengers?

• They hoped to explore the land and then sail back to England.

• They hoped to sell goods to Native Americans.

• They hoped to practice their own religion.

• They hoped to earn a lot pf money and become rich.

How were these settlers called in England?

• Divisionists

• Separatists

• Eretics

• Pilgrims.

How did they became called in America?

• Divisionists

• Separatists

• Eretics

• Pilgrims.

What is a Pilgrim?

• He's someone who stays where he was born.

• He's a person who goes on a sightseeing journey.

• He's a person who goes on a religious journey.

• He's a person who goes on a work journey.

What is a compact?

• It's an agreement on something.

• It's something hold tightly in a box.

• It's a dictionary which only contains the most used vocabulary of a language.

• It's a written law signed for by the King.

What did the Mayflower Compact say? (Choose two answers)

• The colony needed to make just and fair laws.

• The colony had to hold town meetings to make important decisions.

• It was right for rich people to make laws that benefited rich people at the expenses of the poor people.

• Religion was not an important part of the colony.

Did the pilgrims settle in Cape Cod, or did they chose a different place? Explain why.

How many people lived in the Plymouth area when the Pilgrims landed?

• None. There weren't English settlers and the Wampanoag who had lived there had either died of disease caught by earlier explorers or they had moved away.

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  None. There weren't English settlers and the Wampanoag who had lived there had either been killed by Spanish soldiers or they had been made slaves.

• A few. There were some English explorers who had settled there and a few Wampanoag who used to trade furs with the English explorers.

• There were many French settlers and the English settlers had to fight to take hold of the land.