Puritans & Pilgrims Discussion 1.What if you were forced to do something that went against your religious beliefs? 2. Choices you might make:  Give up your Religion to get along. Conscience might bother you  Keep your Religion but leave the Church-Separate from it. Probably have to leave family and friends  Work to fix the problems you see in your Church- Purify it. Might anger family and friends

Class poll Give up Your ReligionSeparate From Your ChurchPurify Your Church Puritans and Pilgrims faced the same decision. The Pilgrims (also called Separatists because they “separated” from the Church) and the Puritans (so named because they wanted to purify or clean up the Church) were being threatened, bullied and killed. They chose to leave their homes and family rather than change their religion.

Set up 2 Column Notes in your Spiral Pilgrims & Puritans Notes Term Definition

1.Pilgrims & Puritans 1.First English groups to seek religious freedom in America 2.Ship Pilgrims came over on 3.What Pilgrims were called because they wanted to “Separate” from the Anglican Church 2.Mayflower 3.Separatists Pilgrims & Puritans Notes

Year the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth 5.Place Pilgrims landed in Massachusetts 6.One of our Founding Documents!!! Agreed on by all on ship (Mayflower). Set up democracy in the colonies. Allowed for self- government & majority rule 5.Plymouth 6.Mayflower Compact

7.Majority Rule 7.New Idea!! In Mayflower Compact-make sure laws were fair. Had to be approved by vote Over 20,000 Puritans escaped to New England (America). Established Massachusetts Bay Colony 9.Great Migration Write the following sentence stem in your spiral

“___________ Colony in Massachusetts became the second permanent English colony in the year ________” Plymouth 1620

Plymouth, MA