Entry Task
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On a piece of paper….
1. You are a Pilgrim, packing to leave for the
New World. What do you bring with you?
State the purpose for each of your items.
Example: I would bring an Ax so I could use it
to chop wood and for self defense.
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You can only pack 6 Items.
Food is already packed
Separatists vs.
 Wanted
to split
from the Church of
England
 Believed the King
should not be the
head of the
Church
 Settled at Plymouth
Puritans
 Wanted
to change
the Church of
England
 Believed the King
should not be the
head of the
Church
 Settled in
Massachusetts
Calvinism
Predestination.
•Good works could not save
those predestined for hell.
•No one could be certain of
their spiritual status.
•Gnawing doubts led to
constantly seeking signs of
“conversion.”
Separatist Beliefs: (don’t have
to take notes)
 Puritans who believed only “visible
saints” [those who could demonstrate
in front of their fellow Puritans their
elect status] should be admitted to
church membership.
 Because the Church of England
enrolled all the king’s subjects,
Separatists felt they had to share
churches with the “damned.”
 Therefore, they believed in a total
break from the Church of England
Puritans Chase Away Father
Christmas [1652]
The Mayflower
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Became squatters without legal right to land
& specific authority to establish a govt.
 Negotiated with the
Virginia Company to
settle in its
jurisdiction.
 Non-Separatists
included Captain Myles
Standish.
Plymouth Bay way
outside the domain of the Virginia Company.
1620  a group of 102
people [half Separatists]
The Mayflower Compact
November 11, 1620
Written and signed before the
Pilgrims disembarked from
the ship.
Not a constitution, but an
agreement to form a crude
govt. and submit to majority
rule.
 Signed by 41 adult males.
Winter of 1620-1621
That First Year….
 Nearly Half died
None chose to leave in 1621 when
the Mayflower sailed back.
Fall of 1621  First
“Thanksgiving.”
 Colony survived with fur
[especially beaver], fish, and
lumber.
Plymouth stayed small and
economically unimportant.
 1691  only 7,000 people
 Merged with Massachusetts
Bay Colony.
Native Americans
A
Native American named
Samoset walked into their
settlement
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Spoke broken English
Introduced them to Squanto
 Squanto
had lived in Europe
 Taught the Pilgrims how to
fertilize using fish in the soil.
The Great Migration
 Puritans
left England due to
religious persecution
 40,000 left to join the New England
colonist
 Formed the Massachusetts Bay
Colony
 Included the Pilgrim’s colony
New England Economy
 Common
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Jobs
Merchant
Fishing
Shipbuilding
Skilled Craftspeople
Expectations for group work
 Everyone
contributes
 Students can work in any group
 Noise and disruptions are kept to a
minimum
 All voices are heard
 What
does it look like?
Group Presentation
 Work
together to solidify your work for
Wednesday