Lesson 3: The First Colonies

For the Plymouth settlers, "thanksgiving" referred to a day of:

• Feasting

• Prayer

• Conflict

• Mourning

What caused the death of two-thirds of the Wampanoag prior to the arrival of the Mayflower?

• Invasions by rival tribes

• European conquest

• Disease from European traders

• Drought and food shortages

The English Separatists left Holland in order to:

• Escape religious persecution

• Rejoin the Church of England

• Build their own Christian society

• Convert Native Americans to Christianity

Which term best describes the relationship between Osoamequan (Massasoit) and John Carver?

• Cautious allies

• Fierce competitors

• Friendly rivals

• Trading partners

What did the Wampanoag hope to gain from their agreement with the Plymouth settlers?

• agricultural knowledge

• free passage to England

• protection from rival tribes

• return of native land

To the Plymouth settlers, Squanto was:

• The first Native American to make contact with them

• The Wampanoag leader who negotiated peace with them

• The Narragansett leader who threatened them

• The Wampanoag man who taught them how to survive

The Plymouth settlement was built on:

• An untamed wilderness

• A former Wampanoag village

• An abandoned English town

• A thriving European trading post

Why did Oosemequan (Massasoit) bring 90 men to Plymouth in the fall of 1621?

• to celebrate the harvest with the settlers

• to negotiate the return of their land

• to recruit soldiers for a war

• to investigate a possible attack

Some consider Thanksgiving a day of mourning because of __________.

• the suffering of Native Americans

• The hardships of the Plymouth settlers

• The destruction of New England forests

• The scars of the Civil War

Plymouth colony was located in this modern state.

• Massachusetts

• Virginia

• Maine

• Rhode Island