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PRE-TEST

Directions: Answer the following statements either true or false.

1. An attempt was made to colonize the New England region the same year the colony of Jamestown,
Virginia, was founded. __________

2. The people we call the Pilgrims founded the colony of Plymouth in 1720. ________

3. There was greater religious freedom in the colony of Rhode Island than anywhere else in the
13 colonies. ________

4. Mostly Quakers settled the Connecticut colony. ________

5. Maine was never a colony but was part of the Massachusetts Bay colony. ________

6. In England, Puritans attended Catholic Church services instead of those of the Church of England.
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7. People from the colony of Plymouth were the first settlers of New Hampshire. ________

8. All the land of New Hampshire and Maine once belonged to two men. ________

9. Vermont was first colony in New England. ________

10. The business of slave trading was important in the colony of Rhode Island until it was finally banned
right before the Revolutionary War. ________

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POST-TEST
Directions: Answer the following questions to the best of your ability.

1. What were some of the things that Puritans did not like about the Church of England?
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2. What was the main religious difference between the Separatists and ordinary Puritans?
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3. Who was Roger Williams and for what was he the most famous?
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4. Describe the "Triangular Trade" routes and give an example of the usual products that were traded on one
such route.
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5. Who was Thomas Hooker and for what was he the most famous?
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Video Quiz

Directions: Answer the following statements either true or false.

1. True or False? Puritans admired the teachings of Calvinism.

2. True or False? The colony of Rhode Island had a great amount of religious freedom.

3. True or False? The Pilgrims of Plymouth were Separatists.

4. True or False? The Protestant Work ethic was important in the all New England colonies.

5. True or False? New Hampshire's first colonist came from Plymouth.

6. True or False? Maine was once part of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

7. True or False? Roger Williams founded the colony of Connecticut

8. True or False? The economy of the American colonies depended on three different "rectangular" trade
routes.

9. True or False? Mercantilism was a protective British trade policy.

10. True or False? The colony of Connecticut was established when three towns joined together.

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4. The colony of Rhode Island was founded by a man 1. Besides John Mason, a man with this last name once
with this last name. controlled the lands of New Hampshire and Maine.

6. The oldest synagogue in what is today the United 2. A Frenchman with this last name inspired by the
States was built in this colony. Puritans.

8. People from this European country colonized the 3. An unsuccessful attempt at English colonization called
southern Atlantic coast of America before England. Popham Plantation took place in 1607-1608 in what is
today this northern state.
9. The government of the colony of Connecticut was
based on this group of laws. 5. In 1692 nineteen people were executed in
Massachusetts for this crime.
10. The Pilgrims of the Plymouth Colony went by this
name in England. 7. Besides Europe, America and the islands in the
Caribbean Sea the Triangular Trade Routes went to this
continent.

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Timeline 1492-1775
1492 On October 12th Christopher Columbus reaches an 1624 The Dutch establish the colony of New Netherland.
island in the West Indies. Spanish colonization of the New
World begins a short time later. 1629 Massachusetts Bay colony is chartered. The lands
of New Hampshire and Maine are split: Gorges gets
1521 Cortez conquers the Aztec kingdom in Mexico. Maine, Mason gets New Hampshire.

1585 First attempt at English colonization in America at 1630 Boston is founded by Puritans.
Roanoke Island.
1632 The colony of Maryland is founded. It is the first pro-
1588 England defeats the Spanish Armada. prietorship colony and is governed by Cecil Calvert, a
wealthy Catholic nobleman.
1602 Bartholomew Gosnold, an English explorer, visits
the Massachusetts area. 1633 The first English settlers arrive in Connecticut from
the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
1603 Martin Pring, an English explorer, visits the mouth of
the Piscataqua River that divides New Hampshire from 1636 Providence, Rhode Island, is founded by a Puritan
Maine. minister named Roger Williams after he was banned from
the Massachusetts Bay colony. Harvard College (The first
1604 The French establish a colonial settlement in New college in the English colonies) is founded in Cambridge,
Brunswick, Canada, north of present-day Maine and then Massachusetts. Connecticut colony is established.
moves it to Nova Scotia, Canada (Annapolis Royal), a
year later. 1637 New England colonists defeat the Pequot Indians
ending the Pequot War.
1607 The English found Jamestown in Virginia. Popham
Plantation in Maine is founded and then abandoned after 1638 The colony of Delaware is founded by Swedish set-
one winter. tlers. People from Plymouth found New Haven colony.
The government of Connecticut adopts Fundamental
1608 The French found Quebec in Canada. Orders. A Puritan Minister from Massachusetts named
John Wheelwright leads a group of dissidents to New
1610 The Spanish found Santa Fe, New Mexico. Hampshire where they found the town of Exeter.

1614 Captain John Smith, the former governor of 1641 Massachusetts Bay Colony gains control of New
Jamestown, Virginia, lands on the Isle of Shoals off the Hampshire. It also institutes a code of laws called the
coast of New Hampshire. The Dutch claim the lands that Body of Liberties. The code allows representative govern-
later become Connecticut. ment and political freedom but not religious freedom.

1619 The first representative government in America 1642 English Civil War begins between Puritan
called the House of Burgesses is started at Jamestown, Parliamentarians and the Royalist forces of the king.
Virginia. The first African slaves arrive in Virginia.
1644 Roger Williams receives the first royal charter for
1620 The Mayflower Compact is signed. Plymouth colony Rhode Island.
is founded.
1649 King Charles the First of England is beheaded for
1622 The lands of present-day New Hampshire and treason. The English monarchy is abolished by
Maine are granted to Sir Ferdinando Gorges, and John Parliament. Maryland institutes a law called the Act
Mason, by the Council for New England (an agency of the Concerning Religion that allows religious toleration of dif-
English Government). ferent Christian denominations.

1623 English colonists settle in New Hampshire and (Continued on Blackline Master 6)
Maine.
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Timeline 1492-1775 (continued)
1652 English Civil War ends. Oliver Cromwell rules 1691 Plymouth and Martha's Vineyard are combined into
England as its "Lord Protector." the Massachusetts Bay colony when a new royal charter
is issued.
1658 A Jewish congregation is founded in Newport,
Rhode Island. 1692 Trials in Salem, Massachusetts, result in the execu-
tion of 19 women and men for witchcraft.
1660 The Restoration of the Monarchy under Charles the
Second begins. 1699 There are four black slaves for every white person in
South Carolina.
1662 Connecticut is granted a royal charter. It becomes
the constitution for the state of Connecticut and is used up 1732 A charter is granted for Georgia.
until 1818.
1769 A British ship is burned as an act of rebellion at
1663 King Charles the Second establishes the colony of Newport, Rhode Island. Spain starts its first mission of
Carolina and makes eight loyal friends its "Lord- San Diego in California.
Proprietors." Carolina is later divided into two colonies:
North and South Carolina. 1770 The Boston Massacre.

1664 England takes New Netherland and turns it in to the 1773 The Boston Tea Party.
colony of New York. The colony of New Jersey is created
from part of New York. 1774 The importation of slaves is banned in Rhode Island
ending the colony's thriving slave trade.
1665 The colony of New Haven becomes part of the
Connecticut colony. 1775 Revolutionary War begins at Lexington and
Concord, Massachusetts.
1675 King Phillip's War begins against the Indians in
Massachusetts. It ends a year later. Timeline Activity
From the Timeline place the dates in the blanks.
1677 The Massachusetts Bay Colony buys Maine from
the Gorges family making it part of their colony. • Maine becomes part of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
1680 New Hampshire becomes a separate English royal _____
colony. • Salem Witch Trials _____
• First college in the English colonies, Harvard, is founded.
1681 The colony of Pennsylvania is established.
_____
1684 The royal charter for Massachusetts in cancelled. • New Hampshire becomes a separate royal colony. ____
• Popham Plantation founded in Maine ______
1685 King Charles the Second dies.
• Colony of New Haven, is founded. _____
1686 The king decrees that the New England colonies are • Santa Fe, New Mexico, is founded. ______
to be ruled as groups called the Dominion of New
England. • French settlement of Canada _____
• Plymouth Colony joins up with the Massachusetts Bay
1688 The Glorious Revolution establishes the supremacy Colony. _____
of Parliament over the monarch in England.
• Providence, Rhode Island, is founded. ______

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Vocabulary List
The following are important words and names pertaining to New England colonization. Try to listen for these terms
while viewing the program, pay close attention so you can later include them in your writing assignments.
almsgiving - Alms are anything given for free to help the poor. culture - all the ways of living built up by a group of people or a
The giving of alms was part of the Pilgrim religious service. nation. The English colonists brought the culture of England to
America. Parts of many different cultures have blended togeth-
Anglican Church - The Church of England. More than half of er to create the American culture.
the Plymouth colonists belonged to the Church of England.
Dutch barn - a type of hay storage barn used at Plymouth
Anglican - Someone who belongs to the Church of England Colony whose roof could be raised as more hay was added
(The Anglican Church).
eel - a type of fish with a long snake-like body. Pickled eels
Bradford, William - Governor of the Plymouth colony from were a popular food in England. The Plymouth pilgrims ate eels
1621-1657. at their first harvest feast and also exported them back to
England.
Brewster, William 1566-1643 - The main religious leader of the
Plymouth colony for many years. William Brewster and William Episcopal Church (Protestant Episcopal Church) - self-gov-
Bradford came from the same part of England. erning American branch of the Church of England.

Calvinist Churches - Churches that were based on the reli- English Civil War (1642-1652) - a war between supporters of
gious teachings of a Frenchman named John Calvin. The the Parliament and the supporters of the king.
Pilgrims followed Calvin's teachings of simplicity and strict disci-
pline. export - products that are produced in one country and are sold
to another country.
Charles the First 1600-1649 - Charles Stuart, unpopular King
of England 1625-1649; Under the rule of Charles the First, forge - a blacksmith's shop, a workshop where iron is heated
England fought a Civil War between the supporters of the King and shaped into useful things such as tools and nails.
and the supporters of Parliament. Charles was executed in 1649
and parliament abolished the monarchy. The colonies of Fundamental Orders - laws adopted in the colony of
Maryland, Massachusetts Bay, Connecticut, New Haven, and Connecticut that set forth the idea of consent of the governed.
Rhode Island, were established during his reign. This document was first constitution ever written in the America.

Charles the Second 1630-85 - Charles Stuart II, son of Charles Gorges, Sir Ferdinando - the man who was granted the rights
the first, King of England 1660-85; after the monarchy was to the lands of Maine in the 1620s.
restored in 1660. Charles the Second established the Carolina
colony in 1663 and gave it to eight loyal friends who had helped Harvard College - the first college in the English colonies
put him on the throne. founded in 1636 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

charter - in government and law, a formal document by which Hooker, Thomas - a Puritan minister from the Massachusetts
the monarch or state grants and acknowledges certain rights, Bay Colony. Hooker believed that every congregation should be
liberties or powers to a colony or group of people. independent, be able to choose their own magistrates, and
decide what powers they should have. These views clashed
colonial system - in government the pattern of relationships with those of the conservative ministers of Massachusetts. In
between a dominant nation and its dependent territories 1636, Hooker moved his congregation out of Massachusetts
Together a ruling country and its colonies constitute an empire. and founded the colony of Connecticut. He had a strong influ-
Connecticut - A colony founded in 1636 by Puritans. ence on the drafting of the Fundamental Orders, the rules under
which Connecticut was governed.
civilized - an advanced stage of social development.
humiliation - to be made to feel more humble or less full of
colony - a settlement made by people who leave their own pride At Plymouth, the Sabbath was a day of "humiliation and
country to settle in another land, but who still remain citizens of thanksgiving."
their original country After Columbus, many European countries
began to found colonies all over the world. indentured servant - a person bound by contract to serve for a
period of 2-7 years, usually in the American colonies. Some
Congregational Churches - churches founded by the New people volunteered to be indentured servants in order to pay for
England Puritans. their transportation to America. Others were criminals or pau-
pers sentenced to deportation; at the end of the contract they
Cromwell, Oliver 1599-1658 - English general and Puritan generally became accepted members of society.
statesman who ruled England from 1653-58 as its Lord
Protector. (Continued on Blackline Master 8)

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Vocabulary List (continued)
James the First (1566-1625) - James Stuart, King of England New Haven Colony - a colony founded in 1638 by people from
1603-1625, a firm believer in the divine right of kings, and Plymouth composed mostly of towns along the Long Island
enemy of the Puritans. Jamestown, Virginia, was named for Sound that became part of the colony of Connecticut.
him. Puritans fled England under his rule.
New Hampshire - a region that was part of the Massachusetts
King Phillip's War - a war started in 1675 by an Indian chief Bay Colony but became an independent colony in 1680.
who was known as king Philip. He intended to wipe out all white
colonists to stop them from taking Indian land. King Philip was Parliament - an official council concerned with government.
killed in 1676; by then 10,000 white male colonists, a tenth of Today in England, Parliament consists of those elected to the
the population of Massachusetts, had died fighting this war. House of Commons and those who, by hereditary right, belong
to the House of Lords. In the early days of England, the royal
legislature - a group of people elected to make laws. sovereigns governed with the help and consent of Parliament.

Maine - a huge region of land that was never a colony but Parliamentarians - during the English Civil War a person serv-
remained part of Massachusetts from 1677 up until it achieved ing the Parliament against the Royalist forces of King Charles
statehood in1820. the First.

Mason, John - the man who was granted and named the land Pequot War - a war that occurred in Connecticut in 1637 in
of New Hampshire. which colonists led by Captain John Mason attacked and killed
hundreds of Pequot Indians because the tribe had attacked their
Massachusetts Bay Colony - a Puritan Colony started by John settlements.
Winthrop near Plymouth around 1630. In 1691, Plymouth
Colony joined with the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Pilgrims - Pilgrims are people who journey (pilgrimage) to holy
places. The Separatists who founded the Plymouth colony
Mayflower - the ship that carried the Pilgrims to New England thought of themselves as "Pilgrims" because their journey to
in the autumn of 1620. America was made to find religious freedom.

Mayflower Compact - a document signed by 41 male passen- Plymouth Colony - the first successful English colony in New
gers of the Mayflower on November 21, 1620, before they land- England founded in 1620. The Plymouth colony was made up
ed in New England. By signing this document, they agreed to of Cape Cod and lands to the west. It exported lumber, furs and
make and abide by certain laws in their new colony. Because preserved fish and became part of the much larger
the Mayflower Compact contained the idea of governing by con- Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1691.
sent as well as having a written framework for a government
(the Constitution) it is one of the most important American his- Popham Plantation - a failed attempt at English colonization
torical documents. that took place near the mouth of the Kennebec River of Maine
in 1607-08.
Merchant Adventurers - a group of rich Londoners who gave
money to the Plymouth Colonists to start their colony. In Predestination - A Calvinist belief shared by the Puritans that
exchange for this money the company took one-half of every- only a "chosen few" predestined by God to do so would ever
thing the colony could produce in seven years time. reach the kingdom of heaven.

Mercantilism - an economic system in use England's colonies Protestant work ethic - belief that hard work is pleasing to God
Under this system English shipping and manufacturing were and that wealth is proof of God's approval. Puritans and Pilgrims
protected at the expense of colonial shippers and manufactur- believed that God commanded six days of work per week.
ers. Laws such as the Navigation Acts were used to enforce the
policies of mercantilism. pulpit - a raised platform where preachers, such as those at
Plymouth, stood to deliver their sermons.
molasses - a dark, syrupy liquid made from sugar cane that is
fermented and distilled to make an alcoholic drink called rum. Puritans - people who wanted to "purify" the Church of England
Rum-making was a big business in New England. by having very plain religious services and buildings and by hav-
ing stricter rules. The Pilgrims (Separatists) were Puritans who
Navigation Acts - laws passed in the 1600s that governed the broke away from the Church of England. The Puritans did not
English shipping trade. These laws were designed to protect break away from the Church of England.
English shipping companies, traders, and manufacturers from
competition. reeds - marsh plants with long firm stems that were dried to
make thatched roofs.
New Brunswick - the Canadian province north of Maine. The
French established a colony here in 1604 and moved it to Nova
Scottia a year later. (Continued on Blackline Master 9)

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Vocabulary List (continued)
representative government - a form of government in which Winthrop, John (1588-1649) - the lawyer and country-gentle-
people are chosen to represent and speak for a certain popula- man who in 1630 led the "Great Migration" of Puritans to the
tion. Massachusetts Bay Colony and was elected governor of the
colony 12 times His son also named John Winthrop (1606-
Restoration, The - the period after 1660 when the monarchy 1676) was the long-time governor of the colony of Connecticut.
was re-established in England under King Charles the Second. It was he who he received the charter from King Charles the
second that united the Connecticut and New Haven colonies.
Rhode Island and the Providence Plantations - the colony of His son who was also named John Winthrop (1638-1707). He
Rhode Island's official- name. Originally the colony had towns left Massachusetts to fight against the king in England's Civil
on a large island called Rhode Island, and towns on the main- War and later became a popular governor of Connecticut.
land that were called the Providence Plantations.
Vocabulary Activity
Smith, Captain John (1580-1631) - an English Explorer and Directions: From the Vocabulary List select the correct
mapmaker. He was a good leader and became the governor of word to fill in the blank.
the Jamestown. He explored the coast of New England in 1614.
1. The Navigation Acts were a outgrowth of the English eco-
Sabbath - a religious day of rest when work is not permitted. nomic policy known as ___________________ that protected
Sunday was the Sabbath Day of the Plymouth Pilgrims. English businesses.

Separatists - were Puritans who believed that only by separat- 2. _______________________ served as the constitution of the
ing from the Church of England was it possible to find true reli- Colony of Connecticut.
gious freedom. Separatist Pilgrims founded the Plymouth
Colony. 3. A group people elected to make laws are called a
_________________.
sermon - public speech on religion.
4. Providence, Rhode Island, was founded by ___________ .
Squanto - the English-speaking Native American who showed
the Plymouth colonists how to plant corn, hunt for game, find 5. The lawyer and gentleman who led the Puritans to the
fish, and where to locate paths through the wilderness. Massachusetts Bay Colony was named _________________ .

Strawberry Banke - the early colonial settlement that grew into 6. A ________________is a public speech on religion.
Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
7. The first unsuccessful attempt at English settlement along the
thatch - roofing material such as reeds or straw. north Atlantic coast was called ____________________.

Thanksgiving Day - The American holiday of Thanksgiving can 8. President George Washington made ________________ a
be traced back to the harvest feast celebrated at Plymouth in national holiday.
November of 1621. In 1789, President George Washington
made November 26th a day of national thanksgiving. 9. The _______________took place in Connecticut in 1637
leaving many Native Americans dead.
Triangular Trade - the three-way trade routes that existed in
colonial times between England's American colonies and vari- 10. American Puritans founded the ________________church-
ous locations such as England and the Caribbean, Southern es.
Europe and England, and Africa and the West Indies

Williams, Roger (c1603-1683) - a Puritan minister at Salem in

the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the early 1630s The reli-
gious authorities in that colony did not approve of his ideas on
the separation of church and state, on the taking of Indian lands,
and on religious freedom. He was banished from
Massachusetts and was due to be sent back to England but
escaped and in 1636 founded the colony of Rhode Island, an
accomplishment for which he is very famous. Because of
Williams Rhode Island became a colony whose constitution per-
mitted separation of church and state, religious freedom and
democracy.

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