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Plymouth Colony

  • Game Code: 175045
  •  English    10     Public
    Review the key information about The Plymouth Colony.
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  • What do you call a person who makes a journey for religious purposes?
    pilgrim
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  • The Pilgrims wanted to practice their religion freely. Where did they first move to try to do this?
    Netherlands
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  • What two things did the Pilgrims have to send back to England for the Virginia Company in return for their voyage to the "New World?"
    furs and lumber
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  • What was the name of the ship the Pilgrims sailed on?
    Mayflower
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  • The Pilgrims were supposed to land in Virginia. Where did they actually land?
    Cape Cod, Massachusetts
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  • What TWO big ideas were agreed upon in the Mayflower Compact?
    They had the right to govern themselves. They would make fair laws by majority rule.
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  • How many Pilgrims died the first winter?
    about half (about 50)
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  • What TWO important things did Squanto teach the Pilgrims?
    where to fish how to plant (the 3 sisters--corn, beans, and squash)
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  • What were the THREE things that helped the colonists finally prosper (do well)?
    farming fishing fur trading
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  • Why did fighting begin between the Native Americans and the colonists?
    More and more colonists came and took over more and more land.
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