This activity was created by a Quia Web subscriber. STAUFFER: The Pilgrims that we are talking about are a small group of people who started as a Christian congregation in Scrooby, England, in the early 1600s. When the Pilgrims harvested their first crops, they invited their Indian neighbors to a feast.
What helped the Pilgrims survive their first harsh winter? The first colony was founded at Jamestown, Virginia, in 1607.Many of the people who settled in the New World came to escape religious persecution.The Pilgrims, founders of Plymouth, Massachusetts, arrived in 1620.In both Virginia and Massachusetts, the colonists flourished with some assistance from Native Americans.
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They showed them how to grow New World crops. The Pilgrims were English Protestants, who fled England to escape the oppressive regime of James I and the Anglican church. How did Native Americans help the Pilgrims? They cited factors other than religious persecution in explaining their decision to seek a new home across the ocean. Name two Indians who helped the Pilgrims. The Mayflower Compact is the first example in America of the idea that people create governments to make laws for the common good, and, in turn, the people wil obey the laws. About 100 Pilgrims sailed from England on the Mayflower in September 1620. Had they not fled on religious conviction, perhaps the day of thanks would never come to be. What is the name of the document they wrote and signed? And it begins with the pilgrims, who were Puritan Separatists, fleeing the Church of England, in search of a land where they could be religiously free. What was the larger ship which carried the Pilgrims to America?ĭid the Pilgrims come to America for economic reasons?īefore they left the ship, the Pilgrims agreed to work together to make good laws for everybody's benefit. What were the Pilgrims called because they wanted to split off from the Church of England?
When did the Pilgrims arrive in North America? These review questions will help you prepare for our quiz. The Pilgrims were the first english settlers in what became New England.