Saints and Strangers

Question 1

In 1690, how many Nauset Indians were trotting down the Cape Cod beach one November day

Answer 1

In 1690, five or six Nauset Indians were trotting down the Cape Cod beach one November day

Question 2

Of course, by 1620 when the pilgrims arrived, __________, __________, and __________ Ships had been exploring the coast for a hundred years.

Answer 2

Of course, by 1620 when the pilgrims arrived, Spanish, French, and English Ships had been exploring the coast for a hundred years.

Question 3

So in 1620 the Mayflower set sail for the __________ colony of __________ where King James had given the Pilgrims permission to settle, so long as they behaved “peaceably.’’

Answer 3

So in 1620 the Mayflower set sail for the English colony of Virginia where King James had given the Pilgrims permission to settle, so long as they behaved “peaceably.’’

Question 4

How many passengers were on the Mayflower?

Answer 4

The fact is, fewer than half of the Mayflower’s 102 passengers were pilgrims The rest were English folk, brought along to help pay expenses.

Question 5

Ten years after the Pilgrims landed, nearly how many settlers came to begin the Massachusetts Bay Colony, forty miles north of Plymouth?

Answer 5

Ten years after the Pilgrims landed, nearly a thousand settlers came to begin the Massachusetts Bay Colony, forty miles north of Plymouth.

Question 6

How many of the passengers on the Mayflower were pilgrims?

Answer 6

The fact is, fewer than half of the Mayflower’s 102 passengers were pilgrims The rest were English folk, brought along to help pay expenses.

Question 7

How many out of ten men who came to Massachusetts could read?

Answer 7

Perhaps six out of ten men who came to Massachusetts could read—double the usual number in England.

Question 8

How many out of ten women who came to Massachusetts could read?

Answer 8

Perhaps six out of ten men who came to Massachusetts could read—double the usual number in England. Fewer women could, only about three in ten.

Question 9

A rambunctious fur trader named __________ __________ set up his own outpost, called Merrymount, near Plymouth.

Answer 9

A rambunctious fur trader named Thomas Morton set up his own outpost, called Merrymount, near Plymouth.

Question 10

Describe the maypole that Morton and his trader friends invited the Indians to sing, dance, and carouse around.

Answer 10

Morton and his trader friends invited the Indians to dance, sing, and carouse around an eighty-foot maypole, a creation made from a tall pine tree with a pair of deer antlers nailed on top. Which was then “reared up” on the highest ground of Merrymount.

Question 11

Which group was Hartford, Connecticut founded by?

Answer 11

Hartford, Connecticut, was founded by Puritans who believed that the Massachusetts authorities were too strict.

Question 12

Describe Roger Williams’ personality.

Answer 12

Williams was friendly, generous, and soft-spoken.

Question 13

He fled in the middle of a howling, snowy gale to spend the winter with the __________ _________, who agreed to shelter this stranger.

Answer 13

He fled in the middle of a howling, snowy gale to spend the winter with the Wampanoag Indians, who agreed to shelter this stranger.

Question 14

What did Roger Williams say about forcing someone to worship a certain way?

Answer 14

Forcing someone to worship a certain way “stinks in God’s nostrils,” he said.

Question 15

What happened that caused the colony of Rhode Island to form?

Answer 15

So strong a line was drawn between the church and the state in William’s settlement, which eventually became the colony of Rhode Island.

Question 16

What decision did Roger Williams come to after fleeing with the Wampanoag Indians?

Answer 16

He decided instead that he would “pray with all comers”—the sinners, the saved, and anybody in between. Not only that, he announced that government has no business meddling in religious affairs. It was not the state’s job to make people go to church if they didn’t want to, or to decide who was a dangerous heretic.

Question 17

True, the church of England was Protestant, but its members (called __________) still celebrated Christmas and saints’ days.

Answer 17

True, the church of England was Protestant, but its members (called Anglicans) still celebrated Christmas and saints’ days.

Question 18

The Anglican Church was governed by __________ who wore handsome silk vestments.

Answer 18

The Anglican Church was governed by archbishops who wore handsome silk vestments.

Question 19

On board ship, what decision did the passengers make?

Answer 19

On board ship, the passengers made a remarkable decision: to create a government of their own, combining together “into a civil body politic” that would make “just and equal laws” for the colony’s good. This agreement, the Mayflower Compact had no authority in British law, but the king’s royal officials were three thousand miles away—so how could they complain?

Question 20

Unlike __________, __________ felt that church members should include only the saved, not everyone in the community.

Answer 20

Unlike Anglicans, Puritans felt that church members should include only the saved, not everyone in the community.

Question 21

How many years after the Pilgrims landed did nearly a thousand settlers come to begin the Massachusetts Bay Colony, forty miles north of Plymouth?

Answer 21

Ten years after the Pilgrims landed, nearly a thousand settlers came to begin the Massachusetts Bay Colony, forty miles north of Plymouth.

Question 22

What happened to those who taught ideas leading to the “destruction of the souls of men”?

Answer 22

Anyone who taught ideas leading to the “destruction of the souls of men” was banished from the colony; and if such undesirables returned again to spread false beliefs, their tongues might be bored out with a hot iron or they could be hanged.

Question 23

What complaint did Thomas Morton have about the Pilgrims?

Answer 23

Morton enjoyed the company of Indians. Learned their language, and complained that the Pilgrim graces before meals went on so long that “the meat was cold.”

Question 24

What people did Squanto learn about fish fertilizer from?

Answer 24

Squanto almost certainly learned about fish fertilizer from Europeans. Six years before the Pilgrims arrived, he had been captured by an Englishman and taken to Spain to be sold in the slave markets.

Question 25

What word did Anglicans use to mock the reformers?

Answer 25

Anglicans mocked the reformers as “Puritans” and the name stuck.