Chapter 4
European Settlements
Lesson 5
The Plymouth Colony
Pages 166-170
Quick Summary
• This lesson describes the role that religion
played in the development of Plymouth
Colony and the governing system formed
to run the colony.
Objectives
• Explain why English settlers came to Plymouth
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Colony.
Identify the origins of representative
government in the United States.
Describe the relationship between American
Indians and the Plymouth colonists.
Analyze the impact of religion on the Plymouth
colonists
Review p. 168
• What is self-rule?
• Governing oneself
Review p. 169
• How would you categorize the first winter
at Plymouth?
• Cold and difficult
Review p. 170
• What helped the Plymouth colonists
prosper?
• The colonial leaders divided the land
among
Study Questions
• What effect did the Mayflower compact
have on government in Plymouth Colony?
• The Mayflower Compact encouraged
people to live by a set of rules and laws
that applied to every colonist.
Study Questions
• How did Plymouth’s leaders motivate
colonists to work harder?
• Plymouth’s leaders initiated a system of
private land ownership that motivated
colonists to work harder.
Summarize Key Content
• The Mayflower Compact formed the basis
of representative government in the
United States.
• At first, the colonist and the Wampanoags
had a good relationship. However,
tensions arose as colonist began
encroaching on Wampanoag lands.
• Plymouth Colony prospered because of
good fishing, farming and fur trading.
LESSON 5 REVIEW
• CATEGORIZE What were the names of
some of the Indians who had contact with
the first Plymouth colonists?
• . Samoset, Tisquantum, and Massasoit
LESSON 5 REVIEW
• 1 BIG IDEA Why did many settlers come
to the Plymouth Colony?
• They came in search of religious freedom
and so their children would learn English
ways.
LESSON 5 REVIEW
• 2 VOCABULARY Describe the difference
between self-rule and majority rule.
• Self-rule is a governing of oneself.
Majority rule means that more than half of
the people have to agree for a decision to
be made.
LESSON 5 REVIEW
• 3 TIME LINE When did Plymouth become
part of the Massachusetts Bay Colony?
• in 1691
LESSON 5 REVIEW
• 4 CIVICS AND GOVERNEMENT Describe the
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Mayflower Compact and tell why you think it
would serve as a model for later documents.
The Mayflower Compact encouraged people to
follow a set of rules and laws that applied to
everyone. It allowed majority rule, so the
people had a voice in their government.
LESSON 5 REVIEW
• 5 CRITICAL THINKING—Hypothesize What
do you think might have happened if
Tisquantum had not helped the Pilgrims?
• More Pilgrims would have died from
starvation.
• © Harcourt
Review
• What was another name for a Separatist?
– Puritan
– Pilgrim
– Hollander
– Compact
Review
• What was the name of the ship that the
Pilgrims came to America?
– Nina
– Mayflower
– Good Ol’Speed
– Virginia
Review
• Where is Plymouth Rock?
– Massachusetts
– Roanoke
– Virginia
– Pennsylvania
Review
• When more than half of the people have
to agree for a decision to be made, it is
called?
– Self-rule
– Majority rule
– The Mayflower Rule
– The Compact Rule
Review
• Who was the long term governor of the
Plymouth colony in Massachusetts?
– John Smith
– Miles Standish
– William Bradford
– Powhatan