Rules

List 5-7 rules that you would enact if you were establishing a colony.

Strike a balance between order and personal freedom

Puzzle Active Prior Knowledge

“What do these foods have in common?”

maize

potatoes

squash

tomatoes

peanuts

Corn , potatoes, squash, tomatoes and peanuts.

The Columbian Exchange

William Bradford

Squanto

Mayflower Compact

Essential Question

How did European states control or regulate religion?

Seeking Religious Freedom

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pv-_JxApHzo

Seeking Religious Freedom

Why did the colonists at Plymouth feel they needed the Mayflower Compact?

Essential Question

Seeking Religious Freedom

Essential Question

How were the Pilgrims able

to survive early hardships?

European States Controlled ReligionThe state supported the

established church Persecution-mistreatment or

punishment of people for their beliefs

Plymouth Colonists and the Mayflower Compact

Plymouth colonists are known as “Pilgrims” because they made a long journey for religious reasons.

Plymouth Colonists and the Mayflower Compact

They settled outside the boundaries of their charter, so its terms would not apply to them.

Therefore they wrote a framework for governing their colony—the Mayflower Compact.

Reasons Pilgrims Survived Early Hardships

They planted crops.Indians gave them seeds and showed them how to plant.

three sisters planting

Plymouth Plantation

Wampanoag Home Styles

Plymouth Fort

Plymouth Cooking

Plymouth Home - Inside

Dutch Oven

Double Bolier

Roaster

Separatist-Mayflower

a person who separates, withdraws, or secedes, as from an established church

Reasons Pilgrims Survived Early Hardships

They chose a good governor.

Their religious faith was strong.

Pilgrims Establish American TraditionsPilgrims set important

precedents, or examples for others to follow.

The idea of religious freedomA day of thanks for a good

harvest

Formative Assessment

Pilgrims founded Plymouth Colony because they wanted to...

a.)worship as they pleased.

b.)keep out “strangers” with different religious beliefs.

c.)stay away from Virginia.

Formative Assessment

The Mayflower Compact established a tradition of government where...

a) the king was no longer honored.

b) religious leaders made the rules.

c) people governed themselves through elected representatives.

Quiz PilgrimsStudy Notes

Study pages 93-97PilgrimsPrecedentProtestant ReformationThanksgiving

Quiz

Mayflower CompactReligious toleranceWilliam BradfordPersecutionsSquantoWampanoag

Section 5 Guided Reading

1. European Protestants and Catholics fought religious wars.

2. Most Europeans rulers supported particular religions and did not tolerate others.

Section 5

3. People who did not practice the established state religion were often persecuted.

4. English separatists first settled in Holland.

Section 5 Chapter 3

5. They wanted their children to grow up English.

6. They sailed for North America in 1620 to establish a colony.

Section 5 Chapter 3

7. The pilgrims had not brought enough food to get them through the winter.

8. They did not have enough time to build proper shelters.

Page 94 – Primary Source

1. Read the primary source.

2. Answer the questions on back of worksheet (chapter 3-5) page 22.