Social Studies
Early Colonization:
Lesson 7, day 2:
The Puritans
Flash Cards 32-34
What led to the
start of more
English colonies in
North America?
puritan
a person who wanted
to purify, or reform,
the Church of
England
32 – Puritans
33 – Massachusetts Bay Colony
34 – They sent a small group before
the others to get the colony
started.
Puritans
Pilgrims
Things
that are
only true
for the
Pilgrims
Things
that are
the
same
for both
groups
Things
that are
only true
for the
Puritans
1. Cut apart your cards.
2. Work with your partner to sort them
on your Venn Diagram. Do NOT glue
them yet!
3. Quiz each other on flash cards.
Puritans
Pilgrims
* Wanted to break away
from the Church of England
* Wanted to purify, or reform,
the Church of England
* Led by William Bradford
* Led by John Winthrop
* Sailed from England in 1620
* About 100 colonists sailed to
New England on the Mayflower
* Wrote a plan of government
called the Mayflower Compact
before landing their ship
* Sailed from England in 1630
* Persecuted in
England because of
their religious beliefs
* Traveled to North
American in search of
religious freedom
* Formed Plymouth Colony in
Plymouth, Massachusetts
* Faced a starving time during the first
three months in the colony
* About 1,000 colonists sailed to
New England on about 15 ships
* Sent a small group to
get the colony started before
the other colonists came
* Formed Massachusetts Bay Colony,
whose main settlement was in Boston
* Started colonies in
Massachusetts
* Made peace with Chief Massasoit
and the Wampanoag people
* Learned where to hunt and fish
and how to plant corn from a Native
American named Squanto
* Did not face a starving time
because of good planning
* Built the first public school
in an English colony
* Each town had a meetinghouse
at the center, and each family had
land to build a house and farm
Ticket Out the Door
2
2
English colonies started in
Massachusetts
1
reason why these groups
came to North America to
start colonies
groups of people who
started these colonies