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| religious | Early colonists came to North America for many reasons- to explore, to gain wealth, to spread their religion, to live on land of their own, and for _________ freedom. |
| Separatists | People who wanted to separate from the Church of England. |
| persecution | Unjust treatment because of your religious beliefs. |
| Pilgrims | A group of Separatists who left England in 1620 and sailed to North America. |
| William Bradford | The leader of the Pilgrims. |
| Mayflower | The name of the boat that carried the Pilgrims to North America. |
| Virginia Company | The Pilgrims were supposed to land on land owned by this group of businesses from London. |
| New England | The name of the area that the Pilgrims landed at located much farther north from Virginia. |
| Plymouth | The name the Pilgrims gave to their new colony in North America. |
| Mayflower Compact | A plan of government written for the Plymouth Colony. |
| men | Only adult ________ were allowed to sign the Mayflower Compact. |
| self-government | The Mayflower Compact was an important step towards this in the English colonies. |
| 1/2 | In the first three months at Plymouth, nearly this many Pilgrims died. |
| Samoset | The first Native American that the Pilgrims made contact with. |
| Squanto | The Native American who taught the Pilgrims how to survive. |
| Wampanoag | The name of the Native American tribe that lived in the area where the Pilgrims landed. |
| Massasoit | The leader of the Wampanoag Indians. |
| three | How many days the First Thankgiving lasted. |
| deer, wild duck, fish, cornbread, pumpkins, squash, berries, wild plums | Name three foods served at the First Thanksgiving. |
| Puritans | The name given to a group of people who wanted to "purify", or reform the Church of England. |
| John Winthrop | The lawyer who was the leader of the Puritans. |
| Jamestown, Plymouth | The Puritans learned from the mistakes of these two earlier English colonies in North America. |
| Massachusetts Bay Colony | The name given to the Puritan colony in North America. |
| Boston | The name given to the main settlement in the Massachusetts Bay Colony located on a peninsula in Massachusetts Bay. |
| shipbuilding | The Massachusetts Bay Colony grew rapidly because of fishing, fur trading, and _______. |
| meetinghouse | The main building in the center of a Puritan town where religious services and town meetings were held. |
| public schools | The Puritans started these in 1635 because they wanted their children to know how to read. |
| Bible | The main book that the Puritans wanted their children to know how to read. |
