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What were the two main groups of people that came to america to avoid religious persecution?

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Puritains and Pilgrims

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What did puritans want?

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to purify the catholic church

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what did the pilgrims want?

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To separate from the catholic church.

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Who made it to plymouth?

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The pilgrims

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When did the pilgroms make it to plymouth?

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1620

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In what state is plymouth?

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Massachusetts.

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Who signed the mayflower compact?

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Pilgrim men on the mayflower

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What did the Mayflower compact establish?

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Local government
Majority rules
Cooperation for the common good

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True or false, life was easy in the pilgrim community because they learned from Virginia.

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False, life was very difficult and half of the pilgrims died during the first winter.

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What saved the pilgrims?

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They establish relations with the Native Americans like Squanto who helped them survive

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What was the main occupation in the Plymouth colony?

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Farming

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What was the center of Pilgrim life?

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Family

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What did women do in the pilgrim colony?

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They had more legal rights in the new colonies and England. They were allowed to make contracts and owned property.

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What did the Puritans believe?

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They had a covenant with God to build the ideal Christian community

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Puritans were what?

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Dissenters

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What are dissenters?

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People who disagreed with official opinions

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Who lead the Puritan colonists?

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John Winthrop

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What colony did the Puritans establish?

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The Massachusetts Bay colony

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What kind of city did John Winthrop want?

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A city on a hill; which is a model for all to look up to

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What was the government like in the Massachusetts Bay colony?

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Church leaders were also political leaders. This let them have enormous power

21
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What eventually happened to the dissenters in the Massachusetts Bay colony?

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They were forced out. They were too Puritan for the Puritans.

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When the dissenters were forced out of the colonies what happened?

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New colonies were formed

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What colonies were formed because of dissenters getting forced out of their homes

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Rhode Island and Connecticut

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Who is Connecticut founded by?

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Thomas Hooker

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What did Connecticut want to do to the government?

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Wanted to make it more democratic

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Who founded the province of Rhode Island?

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Roger Williams

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What did Roger Williams support?

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The separation of church and state

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What did Roger Williams advocate?

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Religious tolerance.

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What Did Rhode Island become?

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A religious refuge

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Who was Anne Hutchinson

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A female dissenter who question the teachings of religious leaders and spoke out publicly against them

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What did Anne Hutchinson believe?

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That people have relationships with God and did not need ministers

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What happened to Anne Hutchinson?

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She was forced out of the colony and eventually killed by Indians

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What city in the colonies held the most witch trials?

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Salem Massachusetts

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Why could cash crops not be grown in the new England colonies?

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The cold climate and rocky soil made it impossible for crops to grow through the winter.

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What stabilized the economy in the new England colonies?

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Trade

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What was one of the leading industries -besides trade-in the new England colonies?

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Fishing

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True or false, education was important so that families could teach their kids how to run businesses

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False, although education was important in the New England colonies, communities established town schools and the availability of schooling varied. Most tended to stop education in elementary school

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