Saints and Strangers study Flashcards
What year did the Nauset Indians trot down the Cape Cod?
1620
How many Nauset Indians trotted down the Cape Cod?
Five or six Nauset Indians.
How many strangers did the Nauset Indians see coming towards them?
They saw sixteen strangers coming down towards them.
Who were trotting down the Cape Cod?
The Nasuet Indians.
What ships had been exploring the coast for a hundred years?
Spanish, French, and English ships.
Who taught the newcomers how to plant Indian corn and fertilize it?
Squanto.
What did Squanto do to plant and fertilize corn?
‘Squanto showed the newcomers how to plant Indian corn and fertilize it by PLACING A DEAD FISH ATOP EACH SEED.
Who was Squanto captured by?
An Englishman.
Where was Squanto taken to be sold to slave masters?
Squanto was taken to Spain.
What were the members of the church called?
The members of the church are called Anglicans.
What decision did the passengers make on board ship?
They made the remarkable decision to create a government of their own, combing together “into a civil body politic “ that would make “just and equal laws” for the colony’s good.
What did the Anglicans mock the reformers as and got their name to stick?
The Anglicans mocked the reformers as Puritans and the name stuck.
Who were mocked by their neighbors, fined, harassed by the government ?
Separatists.
One reason King James disliked Puritans and Separatists.
Kings became distinctly peevish when their subject spoke too much.
The fact is, fewer than half of the Mayflower’s 102 passengers were ___________.
The fact is, fewer than half of the Mayflower’s 102 passengers were Pilgrims.
What did the Pilgrims say when they realized that the Mayflower wasn’t heading for Virginia anymore?
They pointed out that the Pilgrims had no “power to command them.”
Where was the next holy commonwealth founded?
The next holy commonwealth founded in New England.
How many years after the Pilgrims landed to begin in Massachusetts Bay Colony?
Ten years later.
______ years after the Pilgrims landed, nearly a thousand settlers came to begin the _____________________________, forty miles north of _________________.
Ten years after the Pilgrims landed, nearly a thousand settlers came to begin the Massachusetts Bay Colony, forty miles north of Plymouth.
What did the Anglicans celebrate?
They celebrated Christmas and Saints day.
Who founded Hartford, Connecticut?
It was founded by the Puritans who believed that the Massachusetts authorities were too strict.
What did the trader Thomas Morton set up near Plymouth?
He set up an outpost called Merrymount.
What was the eight foot maypole made from?
It was made from a tall pine tree with a pair of deer antlers nailed on top which was “reared up” on the highest ground in Merrymount.
What was William’s characteristics?
William was friendly, generous, and soft spoken.
What did Roger Williams say regarding the state?
“Forcing someone to worship in a certain way “stinks in God’s nostrils,” he said.
Who were the scouting party?
The newcomers were a scouting party of Pilgrims.
What did the Nausets do when they reached a stream?
They sat down and drank our first New-England Water.
Who is the Wampanoag Indian?
Squanto is the wampanoag Indian.
Where did the Separatists live?
They lived in the town of Scrooby.
Where did the Mayflower set sail for English colony?
The Mayflower set sail for the English colony of Virginia where King James had given permission to settle, so long as they behaved “peaceably.”
Who chartered the legal document setting out what they could do?
The Pilgrims chartered, the legal document from king James setting out what they could do, said nothing about settling elsewhere.
Why were the new colony of Plymouth Plantation holding annual elections?
They were holding annual elections in which the free men chose a governor and some assistants to manage Plymouth’s affairs.
What were the odds of man and woman who can read?
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.
What do you have to do to become a full church member.
A person had to explain the personal religious experience that brought him or her to be born anew in the Holy Spirit.
Who could vote in elections?
Only a church member can vote.
What was the punishment for spreading false beliefs?
Their tongues could have been bored out with hot iron or being hanged.
Who founded the Hartford, Connecticut and why?
It was founded by the Puritans because they believed the Massachusetts authorities were to strict.
