The Mayflower arrived near where in November of 1620?

The settlers that came on the Mayflower established a settlement they called...

What caused many settlers to die and who helped to improve the survival rate?

After the epidemics (many catching disease at the same time) and wars that came from European migration, only what percentage of the original Native population remained in the North and South?

True or False: The Plymouth Colony were families who migrated to the New World to become indentured servants.

What agreement was signed by the Pilgrams that established a communal society in which families would share decision-making, the labor, and profits.

True or False: New England towns had meetinghouses ("commons") that were used for community meetings and church

True or False: Pilgrams became successful with community owned land versus individually owned land?

Surplus crops were traded for what?

True or False: Lumber and Fisher were raw materials sent back to England

The sea off of Cape Cod was called

True or False: Fishermen who went farther out into the North Atlantic were called coopers

True or False: The harbors were a busy place for shipbuilders, wooden barrel makers, and other trades

The English settlers spread further inland and the colony became known as..

John Winthrop was the leader of what group, seeking religious freedom from the Church of England

This city became the capital of Massachusetts and established the first college in America, Harvard, in 1636.

True or False: Other settlers came, not for religious reasons, but for the economic opportunity to work as laborers on small farms or in small businesses.

These trials erupted due to the strict religious rules the Pilgrams and Puritans established

People who express a different opinion than the majority are called

Two important figures that broke away from Massachusetts Colony are

True or False: Religion should be free of government control

Dissidents moved south to Narragansett Bay and started the city of Providence in Rhode Island. What two other colonies were started by the dissidents?

This legal document (c. 1486) was used as a guide for the Catholic Church to hunt down and eradicate witches.

Which 2 states were added after the War of Independence?