4G-SS-Plymouth Colony Test Review

The right to govern themselves is called ____________.

• pilgrim

• majority rule

• self-government

• compact

____________ is a person who makes a journey for religious reasons.

• pilgrim

• majority rule

• Native American

• self-government

A ______________ is when more than half the people agree to a law or decision, everyone must follow it.

• agreement

• compact

• self-government

• majority rule

An agreement is a ___________.

• contract

• self-government

• compact

• verbal agrrement

Why did the pilgrims leave England?

• The land in England was hard to farm on.

• They were being punished for not belonging to the Church of England.

• Illness was spreading fast throughout England.

• They were ordered by the King to leave England due to the crimes they had committed.

The pilgrims did not like the Netherlands because _____________.

• they did not like the Dutch way of life.

• the Dutch would not let them have a space for themselves.

• the Dutch wanted them to work for no pay.

• the Dutch were boring.

Why did the pilgrims decide to leave the Netherlands for North America?

• The Dutch were planning on kicking them out.

• Diseases were spreading fast in the Netherlands.

• They could not farm well in the Netherlands.

• They wanted to build their own settlement where everyone had the same religious beliefs.

Who paid for the pilgrims to come to North America?

• The Dutch

• The Virginia Company

• England

• The pilgrims

What was the agreement made between the pilgrims and The Virginia Company?

• The Virginia Company would pay for the passage in exchange for the lumber and furs that the pilgrims found in their new land.

• The Virginia Company would pay for the passage in exchange for months of free labor.

• The Virginia Company would pay for the passage in exchange for hunted meat and furs that the pilgrims caught in their new land.

• None of the above.

When did the pilgrims leave for North America and how did they travel?

• The pilgrims left in October of 1620 on a ship named the Mayflower.

• The pilgrims left in September of 1620 on a ship named the Mayflower.

• The pilgrims left in August of 1621 on a ship named the Little James.

• The pilgrims left in September of 1623 on a ship named the Anne.