The New England Colonies

The Pilgrims who came to America on the Mayflower were Puritans.

• True

• False

The Pilgrims founded Jamestown.

• True

• False

A group of Puritans led by John Winthrop established the Massachusetts Bay colony in 1630.

• True

• False

A lack of religious tolerance by the Puritans led to the formation of colonies elsewhere.

• True

• False

The outcome of King Philip’s War enabled colonists to move into Native American territories.

• True

• False

Protestants who wanted to reform the Anglican Church were called

• Catholics

• Protestant reformers

• Puritans

• Separatists

The Mayflower Compact was a

• pledge to obey the laws of the colony.

• promise to keep peace with Native Americans.

• pledge to the other colonies.

• religious loyalty contract.

The Pilgrims survived in Plymouth due to the help of

• the Anglican Church.

• Captain John Smith.

• King James II.

• Squanto and Samoset.

The first written constitution in America was the

• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut.

• Mayflower Compact.

• Plymouth Pledge.

• Virginia Compact.

Where in America was religious tolerance first practiced?

• Rhode Island

• Plymouth

• Cape Cod

• Boston