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Groups of 4… Follow the Directions and write a 7 sentence compact to govern your colony!

Groups of 4… Follow the Directions and write a 7 sentence compact to govern your colony!. Unlike the Jamestown colonists (also English) or the Spanish , the New England colonists came to the New World for religious freedom What does this mean?

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Groups of 4… Follow the Directions and write a 7 sentence compact to govern your colony!

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  1. Groups of 4… Follow the Directions and write a 7 sentence compact to govern your colony!

  2. Unlike the Jamestown colonists (also English) or the Spanish, the New England colonists came to the New World for religious freedom • What does this mean? • Pilgrim – a person who travels a long distance for religious reasons *Pilgrims will settle Plymouth

  3. Some Colonists (like the Pilgrims) Moved to The New World for Religious Freedom

  4. Europeans did not have the freedom of religion – they had to follow the established faith of the monarchy (King or Queen) • People who did not were often PERSECUTEDfor their beliefs. This often meant being IMPRISONEDor EXECUTED (killed). OR

  5. In September 1620, more than 100men, women, and children set sail aboard a small ship called the MAYFLOWER. • After a long, difficult journey they landed on the shore of CAPE COD, in present day Massachusetts. • They called their new settlement PLYMOUTH.

  6. Mayflower voyage (1620) Intended landing spot (Virginia)

  7. The Mayflower

  8. Plymouth Jamestown

  9. Pilgrims landed here

  10. ESTABLISH LAW 41 MALE PASSENGERS UNITE IN A GOVT. & FOLLOW LAWS PEOPLE GOVERNING THEMSELVES AN EXAMPLE FOR OTHERS TO FOLLOW IN THE FUTURE PRECEDENT

  11. The Mayflower Compact - signed by 41 of the ship’s 100+ passengers

  12. GIVES PROPS TO GOD & KING JAMES COMBINE TOGETHER INTO A GOVERNMENT CREATE & ABIDE BY LAWS CREATED DOCUMENTS TIME & PLACE OF COMPACT

  13. PILGRIMS 1st WINTER • Difficult to survive • Lack of food • Inadequate shelter • Disease The spring arrived & despite half of their population dying that winter, the Pilgrims began work CLEARING LAND and PLANTING CROPS

  14. Pemaquid Native Samoset introduces Pilgrims to Chief Massasoit of Wampanoag tribe Squanto helps the Pilgrims learn to grow crops

  15. Local Wampanoag Native Americans Helped the Pilgrims

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