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Pilgrims and Puritans

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was VERY strict about their religion?

a)

Pilgrims

b)

Puritans

2.

Who created the Mayflower Compact?

a)

Puritans

b)

Pilgrims

3.

What was the main reason the Pilgrims and Puritans left England?

a)

to make money

b)

to start up their own schools

c)

for freedom to practice their own religion

d)

just for fun

4.

What was the name of the ship the Pilgrims sailed upon?

a)

The King James Ship

b)

The Bradford

c)

Cape Cod

d)

The Mayflower

5.

Who started the first schools and libraries of America?

a)

Pilgrims

b)

Puritans

6.

The __________ started war with the Native Americans.

a)

Pilgrims

b)

Puritans

7.

What American holiday began because of the relationship between the Pilgrims and the Natives?

4 lines
8.

What was the name of the American Indian tribe that was settled near the Pilgrims and the Puritans?

a)

The Croatoans

b)

The Massasoit

c)

The Wampanoag

9.

The Pilgrims did not land where they expected to land when traveling to America.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

What was the name of the colony that the Pilgrims started?

a)

Jamestown

b)

Virginia

c)

Plymouth

d)

The Massachusetts Bay Colony

11.

John Winthrop was the governor of Plymouth.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

What was the name of the colony that the Puritans started?

a)

Jamestown

b)

Plymouth

c)

Roanoke

d)

Massachusetts Bay Colony

13.

What was the name of the agreement the Pilgrims signed that was used to govern themselves?

a)

House of Burgesses

b)

Mayflower Compact

c)

The Constitution

d)

The Bill of Rights

14.

Pilgrims wanted to separate from the church in England, so they were called ________.

a)

Colonists

b)

Separatists

c)

Reformers