colonial america 2
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CH. 7 LESSON 4
Plymouth Colony
Big Picture
Early in the 1500s much of Europe was divided over religion.
The king of England, Henry VIII, broke away from the Roman Catholic Church and set up another Christian church called the Church of England.
The members of the church of England were called Protestants because they had protested against practices of the Catholic church.
Protestants beliefs and practices were different from those of other Christian religions
Some felt they still were too Catholic, so they set up their own churches
Moved to Netherlands in early 1600’s for peace
Life was difficult in a foreign land
William Bradford a leader of a separatist group who decided to go to a settlement of their own
PilgrimsTraveler for religious purposesWent to Virginia Company for permission to start a new settlement in Virginia
Began preparing for a difficult journey (notice how different from the Jamestown group)
Mayflower and Speedwell ships
The Mayflower
1620: King James I allowed Pilgrims to settle in Virginia
Merchants from London agreed to pay for voyage in exchange for lumber and furs
Sept. 1620, about 100 Pilgrims crowded into the small ship for a rough and difficult voyage
The Mayflower
Hold below the deck held barrels of salted beef and bread
Also pigs, chickens and goats
66 day voyage
One passenger died, one gave birth
The MayflowerBlown off course, instead of landing in Virginia, they landed at Cape Cod
This area named New England, choose a rocky harbor called Plymouth
Journey of the Mayflower: http://www.scholastic.com/scholastic_thanksgiving/voyage/journey.htm
Tour of the Mayflower: http://www.scholastic.com/scholastic_thanksgiving/voyage/tour.htm
Page 187 in Textbooks
A day’s activities might be:
Wake up, put away the beddingPrayersBreakfastIn good weather, activities like reading, games,
exercise on deckCooking by the women in good weatherDinner (noon meal)Activities similar to the morningSupperPrayersSleep
Medicine Medicine
Mayflower Compact
Pilgrims supposed to settle in Virginia, not New England
Before setting foot on land, the Pilgrims wrote a compact, or agreement
The compact would serve as form of govt. for their colony
Mayflower Compact
In the Mayflower Compact, the Pilgrims agreed to make and obey the colony’s “just and equal laws”
41 men signed the compact
Important Step! Helped plant the idea of self-govt. among the colonists of North America
John CarverWilliam BradfordEdward WinslowWilliam BrewsterIsaac AllertonMiles StandishJohn AldenSamuel FullerChristopher MartinWilliam MullinsWilliam WhiteJames ChiltonJohn CraxtonJohn Billington
Richard WarrenJohn HowlandSteven HopkinsEdward TillyJohn TillyFrancis CookThomas RogersThomas TinkerJohn RigdaleEdward FullerJohn TurnerFrancis EatonMoses FletcherDigery PriestThomas Williams
Gilbert WinslowEdmond MargesonPeter BrownRichard BitteridgeRichard ClarkRichard GardinerJohn AllertonThomas EnglishEdward DotenEdward LiesterJohn GoodmanGeorge Soule
Pilgrims Land
Lonely, winter, cold, bitterWilliam Bradford wrote a book about
conditionsPAGE 189Everyone went hungry, many died of
diseaseBy spring, only half were still aliveWilliam Bradford is elected leader
Started their colony November 20
In the first 3 months nearly half of the settlers died
In the spring the settlers are planting crops when a Native Am. walks out and says, “Welcome, Englishmen!”
The Wampanoag
Like Jamestown settlers, there were already people here
Helped the PilgrimsSamoset: learned English from traders,
useful information for colonistsSquanto: captured by English, found
home with Wampanoag and helped the Pilgrims
Colonists would not have survived the hard years without them
First Thanksgiving
Plymouth, 1621Not exactly sure who invited who
Lasted 3 daysNot exactly sure what food, but crops and game
A celebration to give thanks
Assignment
# 1 – 4 on page 191 in textbook.