Chapter 3, Section 2 New England Colonies

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1 Chapter 3, Section 2 New England Colonies (Pages 76 80) Setting a Purpose for Reading Think about these questions as you read: Why did the Pilgrims and Puritans come to America? How did the Connecticut, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire colonies begin? As you read pages in your textbook, complete this graphic organizer by explaining why different colonies in New England were settled. Colony Reasons the colony was settled Massachusetts Connecticut Rhode Island As you read, put the following events in the correct order by writing the number 1 through 4 in the space to the left. Use the number 1 for the event that occurred first, 2 for the next event, and so on. A. Hooker founds Hartford. B. Puritans settle Massachusetts Bay Colony. C. Pilgrims land at Plymouth. D. John Wheelwright founds Exter in New Hampshire. 32 Chapter 3, Section 2

2 Religious Freedom (pages 76 78) After reading each subsection, answer the following questions. 1. What is religious freedom? Why did the Separatists want it? 2. Why did the Separatists who came to America call themselves Pilgrims? 3. Why did the Pilgrims draw up the Mayflower Compact? 4. How did Native Americans help the Pilgrims? Match the term in the left column with the correct definition in the right column by writing the letter in the space to the left of the term. 1. dissented 2. persecuted 3. Mayflower Compact 4. Pilgrims 5. Puritans 6. Separatists a. people who wanted to leave the Anglican Church to set up their own churches b. people who wanted to reform the Anglican Church c. agreement signed by the people who settled at Plymouth d. disagreed with beliefs or practices of the Anglican Church e. name given the first settlers at Plymouth f. punished others for their beliefs g. treated harshly by others for their beliefs Chapter 3, Section 2 33

3 Read the sentences below. Put a checkmark in the space before the phrase that best explains what the boldfaced academic vocabulary word means in this passage. 1. Though they were far from their original goal, the Pilgrims settled at Plymouth because winter was approaching. bitter cold snowy coming soon 2. The Pilgrims came to Massachusetts, not Virginia, putting them far north of their target. place they left from place they were going to bull s-eye New Settlements (pages 78 80) As you read each subsection, ask yourself: what is an important detail? Write one of those details in the spaces below. Founding Massachusetts Bay Growth and Government Connecticut and Rhode Island 34 Chapter 3, Section 2

4 Conflict With Native Americans Define or describe each of the following terms. migration toleration Write two synonyms for each academic vocabulary word. A synonym is a word that means the same or about the same as another word. conflict founded charter (Chapter 3, Section 1) Use this term, which you studied earlier, in a sentence that reflects the term s meaning. Chapter 3, Section 2 35

5 Now that you have read the section, write the answers to the questions that were included in Setting a Purpose for Reading at the beginning of the section. Why did the Pilgrims and Puritans come to America? How did the Connecticut, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire colonies begin? 36 Chapter 3, Section 2

6 Name Date Class Guided Reading Activity Colonial America Section New England Colonies Use self-adhesive notes to flag main ideas, important events, or areas in the text that you may need to reread for better understanding. Answering Questions DIRECTIONS: As you read the section, answer the questions below. 1. Differentiating What was the difference between Puritans and Separatists? 2. Stating Who are the two groups of people the word Pilgrims could apply to? 3. Identifying Where did the Mayflower s passengers end up going ashore? 4. Analyzing Why was the Mayflower Compact a step in the development of representative government in America? 5. Naming Which Native Americans helped the Pilgrims grow and hunt for food, and make peace with the Wampanoag? 6. Describing What was the Great Migration? 7. Defining What was the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut? Copyright Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. 96