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WorksheetsUS Literature - The Colonists
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 14mins
1. They believed the Church of England was too similar to the Roman Catholic Church and should eliminate ceremonies and practices not rooted in the Bible.
The English
The Puritans
The Colonists
The Americans
2. The movement began in ____________ repudiated papal authority and transformed the Church of Rome into a state Church of England.
in the 1540s, when King Henry VI
in the 1550s, when King Henry VII
in the 1530s, when King Henry VIII
in the 1590s, when King Henry IX
3. Cases of abuse of the Roman Catholic Church were the following: EXCEPT
Building the St. Peter Basilica was very expensive
Child sexual abuse
Helping the poor
Indulgences
4. What was the Puritan type of writing?
Extravagant
Science fiction
Politic
Plain and simple
5. How did Puritans write literature?
first-person narrative
second-person narrative
third-person narrative
6. What did Puritans write?
Sermons
Essays
Poems
All of the above
7. Why did Puritans write what they wrote?
8. Who wrote "To My Dear and Loving Husband"
Mary Rowlandson
Anne Hutchinson
Anne Bradstreet
Mother Teresa (Please don't)
9. What types of writing are the most common among Puritans?
Diaries and histories
Sermons
Essays
Poems
10. Name of the ship that came to Plymouth, NY in 1620.
(a)
11. It was illegal to leave England without the king's consent
True
False
12. An early group of Puritans decided to secretly move to
Austria
Netherlands
France
Portugal
13. The Puritans made a deal with the...
Ohio Company
Virginia Company
England Company
N.A.
14. On the ship traveled...
Only Separatists
Non-separatists
Separatists and non-separatists
Only Puritans
15. How many days traveled the Separatists on the Mayflower?
88 days
50 days
101 days
65 days
16. What document did they sign to self-govern themselves?
Virginia Contract
Mayflower Compact
The Constitution
Separatist document
17. The explorer John Smith had named the area Plymouth after leaving Jamestown. This was
The first permanent English settlement in the New World
The first permanent English settlement in England
The last permanent English settlement in America
The first permanent English settlement in the Netherlands
18. In the Fall of 1621, the Pilgrims famously shared a harvest feast with the Pokanokets; the meal is now called
(a)
19. Thanksgiving had become an annual fall tradition but it wasn’t until 1863 that President __________ named the last Thursday in November a national holiday.
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Abraham Lincoln
N.A.
20. He was a leader of the Separatist congregation, a key framer of the Mayflower Compact, and Plymouth’s governor for 30 years after its founding.
Abraham Lincoln
Captain John Smith
William Bradford
Squanto
