Social Studies

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Social Studies

• Chapter 5

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Question A

• What was usually at the center of an early New
  England village?
• meeting house and common

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Question B

• What are New Englands seasons like?
• cold winters

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Question C

• Letting everyone in a community vote on an
  important issue is an example of ___.
• direct democracy

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Question D

• Which Native American taught the Pilgrims new
  methods of farming?
• Squanto

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Question E

• What was used to teach reading on a colonial New
  England farm?
• a primer

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Question F

• Who was banished from the Massachusetts Bay
  Colony for questioning the wisdom of ministers?
• Anne Hutchinson

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Question G

• Why was the Mayflower Compact necessary?
• to establish rules for both Puritans and strangers

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Question H

• What was the name of the Puritans first
  settlement in America?
• Plymouth Colony

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Question I

• If you had been a Puritan, what would a great
  harvest have proved to you?
• Gods grace had been given to you.

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Question J

• What were the Mayflower Puritans that the
  Puritans of the Massachusetts Bay Colony were
  not?
• separatists

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Question K

• What did the Puritans adopt in 1662 to increase
  church membership?
• Halfway Covenant

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Question L

• Who was the first governor of the Massachusetts
  Bay Colony?
• John Winthrop

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Question M

• Where did the Pilgrims expect to settle in
  America?
• Virginia

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Question N

• The seeds of American self-government can be
  found in the ________.
• Mayflower Compact

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Question O

• Why might a person from today find it difficult
  to live in a colonial New England village?
• There was a lack of privacy.

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Question P

• What was the outcome of King Philips War?
• a great loss for Native Americans

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Question Q

• What did the Pilgrims do in 1621 to show their
  gratitude to the Wampanoags?
• hold a three-day harvest festival

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Question R

• Thomas Hooker was to Connecticut as Roger
  Williams was to __________.
• Rhode Island

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Essay Question 1

• Why did the Puritans leave England?
• Hint how did the Puritans feel about the Church
  of England? How did the King feel about the
  Puritans? What was life like for the Puritans in
  England? What did the Puritans hope to do in the
  New World?

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Essay Question 2

• How would you describe the importance of religion
  to the New England colonists?
• Hint why did the colonists come to New England?
  Why did people learn to read? Who was the most
  important person in a village? Why was Harvard
  College started? Why did people live so close
  together? What did people do and NOT do on
  Sundays?