GET EXCITED (OR AT LEAST PRETEND)!! - PowerPoint Presentation

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GET EXCITED (OR AT LEAST PRETEND)!!Slide2

Meet your teams!

Team 1

Team 3

Is this guy for real?

Team 2Slide3

QuestionWho were the Puritans?Slide4

AnswerA religious group that began in England in the 1600s that wanted to “purify” the English (Anglican) Church.Slide5

QuestionWho were the Separatists?Slide6

AnswerThey were a group with the Puritans who believed that the Church could only be purified by separating from it and starting all over again.Slide7

QuestionWho were the Pilgrims?Slide8

AnswerThey were a group of Puritan separatists that made the journey across the Atlantic Ocean on the Mayflower in order to found Plymouth Colony.Slide9

QuestionWhat is the Mayflower?Slide10

AnswerThe ship on which the Pilgrims sailed across the Atlantic.Slide11

QuestionWhat is the Mayflower Compact?Slide12

AnswerIt is an agreement (or covenant) between the people aboard the Mayflower to live and work together.It is one of the oldest constitutions (or plans of government) in the New World.

It stated that many issues would be decided by a majority vote.Slide13

QuestionWhat is Plymouth Colony?Slide14

AnswerThe colony that the Pilgrims founded. It eventually grew into what is today the state of Massachusetts.Slide15

QuestionWho is William Bradford?Slide16

AnswerHe was the first governor of Plymouth Colony. He helped it survive through its first winter. He also left use one of the only accounts of the First Thanksgiving.Slide17

QuestionWhat was the original Thanksgiving?Slide18

AnswerIt was both a harvest festival and a celebration of the peace treaty between the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag.Slide19

QuestionWhat is New England? What states are included? Where is it on a map?Slide20

AnswerNew England were the colonies in the New World founded by the Puritans from England.Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, and Maine are a part of it.

It is in the far Northeast corner of the United States.Slide21

QuestionWho was Roger Williams and why was he important?Slide22

AnswerRoger Williams was a Puritan Dissenter (someone who did not agree with the Puritans in Massachusetts).He founded the colony of Rhode Island.

He believed in a “separation of church and state.”

He believed in religious freedom/tolerance.Slide23

QuestionWhat is “separation of church and state?”Slide24

AnswerThe government should not be controlled by a religion.Also, the government should not control religion.

Lastly, the government cannot tell you what to believe or favor you if you believe what it wants you to believe.Slide25

QuestionWho is Anne Hutchinson?Slide26

AnswerShe was a Puritan Dissenter (did not agree with the Puritans of New England).She believe that everyone could speak to God and did not need the help of pastors to understand the Bible.

She was kicked out of Massachusetts for her beliefs.Slide27

QuestionWhat were the Salem Witch Trials? Why were the so important?Slide28

AnswerThe Salem Witch Trials were a series of trials that took place in Salem, Massachusetts in the 1690s.

Many people were accused of using magic and several were found guilty and executed as a result.

These trials are significant because they mark a turning point in the Puritans’ willingness to tolerate the beliefs of people who differed from them. After the cases, attitudes softened.Slide29

QuestionWhat is spectral evidence? What role did it play in the Salem Witch Trials?Slide30

AnswerIt is evidence of ghosts and magic that is often times invisible to the jury trying the case.Many people were convicted of witchcraft and executed as a result of spectral evidence which claimed that they were possessing children with invisible “specters.”Slide31

QuestionWho was Tituba and what role did she play in the Salem Witch Trials?Slide32

AnswerShe became the target of many accusations of witchcraft because she was an easy target. Tituba

was a servant in the house of the town pastor in Salem. Under large pressure, she was the first to confess to witchcraft. Slide33

QuestionWhat are some of the advantages that the Pilgrims of Plymouth had over the settlers at Jamestown?Slide34

AnswerCovenant with God

Mayflower Compact:

covenant with each otherWampanoag Treaty: covenant with the NativesKnew about Jamestown’s Starving TimeRoyal CharterJoint-Stock Company to resupply and trasportSlide35

QuestionThe Pilgrims have a different reason for coming to the New World than the settlers at Jamestown. What is the difference?Slide36

AnswerJamestown settlers came for economic freedom (the chance to get rich and powerful).Many of the Plymouth settlers (Pilgrims) came for religious freedom (the chance to practice their religion the way they wanted)Slide37

QuestionWhat is a dissenter? How did they play a crucial role in the development of religious freedom in the U.S.?Slide38

AnswerA dissenter is a person who does not agree.Famous Puritan dissenters are: Thomas Hooker, Roger Williams, and Anne Hutchinson.

They played an important role in the development of religious freedom because they challenged the Puritans, who wanted everyone one within New England to practice religion the same way.Slide39

QuestionHow is the Mayflower Compact a root of democracy in the New World?Slide40

AnswerIt is one of the first constitutions (written plan of government). The USA has a constitution also.It used a majority rule (voting). We vote by the majority rule today as well.Slide41

QuestionName a Thanksgiving myth. What is the truth behind this myth?

What information busts this myth?

What does this reveal about people who believe this Thanksgiving myth?Slide42

AnswerAnswers will vary. Please use information from the research you conducted for Thanksgiving Myth Busters.

Example: There was no popcorn at the first Thanksgiving. They did have cornmeal. This reveals that people believe since popcorn is a tradition in their family, it must stretch all the way back to the first Thanksgiving.