A | B |
Religious Freedom | one reason many colonist came to America |
Quakers | Main religious group of Middle Colonies |
Pilgrims | what the Separatist were called |
Plymouth Massachusetts | where the Pilgrims landed |
Mayflower | ship Pilgrims sailed on |
Mayflower Compact | agreement men signed on the Mayflower |
Squanto and Samoset | two natives who helped Pilgrims |
Thanksgiving | 3 day celebration believed to be held in mid October |
Puritans | wanted to purify the Church of England |
Covenant | agreement the Puritan men signed |
God and Bible | Puritan life was based on |
Salem Witch Trials | Example of Puritans not willing to change views |
Middle Colonies | New York, New Jersey, Delaware and Pennsylvania |
Southern Colonies | Maryland, Georgia, North and South Carolina |
New York | used to be called New Netherland |
William Penn | Pennsylvania named after this man |
Virginia Company | sponsered Mayflower voyage |
The Great Sickness | killed many Pilgrims |
grow crops | learend from Squanto so they could eat |
build shelter | learned from Squanto to protect them from the elements |
make tools | learned from Squanto so the could build shelters and tend to crops |
Great Migration | what the Puritan voyage was called |
church and government | Puritans supported idea that these two should work together to promote spiritual holiness |
Church of England | Puritans did not have to answer to |
Anglican Church | also known as the Church of England |
cash crops | rice and tobacco |
slave labor | what Southern Colonies depended on for farming |
Georgia | refugee for debtors |
geography, soil, climate | what attracted settlers to the Southern Colonies |
Separatist | what the Pilgrims were called |