Friday's Classwork

Page 12 Standard/10 Honors

PILGRIM ACTIVITY:

A. Go to the Pilgrim Online Museum

B. Answer the following questions on page __ of the notebook

EXPLAIN AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AND GIVE DETAILS:

1. Why did the Pilgrims leave England?  
2. What was the Geneva Bible?
3. Why did the Pilgrims choose Leiden, Holland as their new home?
4. According to William Bradford, why did the Pilgrims need to move out of Leiden, Holland?
5. What was the Pilgrim Press?
6. What were the two boats chartered by the Pilgrims to move to Virginia?  Did both of them make to "Virginia"?  What happened to both boats?
7. What was the Mayflower Compact?  Why was it proposed?  
8. Looking at those who signed the Mayflower Compact and John Adams historical praise of it, what would be Howard Zinn's criticism of it (think about it)?
9. Who was the first European to sail the New England shores? Where was he from?
10. Who was Squanto? How did he learn English?
11. Why did Massasoit want to make peace with the Pilgrims?