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Which of the following was NOT a problem that developed because of the arrival of the Fortune?
a) King James demanded his taxes
b) The money lenders wanted their money
c) More people arrived so the food supply was stretched
d)

What important event happens in Myles life in 1623?
a) He was appointed Governor
b) He had his first child
c) He was married
d)

What country were the Pilgrims originally from:
a) England
b) Spain
c) Holland
d)

What was going on in England in 1642-46?
a) The Black Death
b) English Civil War
c) The Reformation
d)

Much of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s story of Myles Standish is:
a) Made-up
b) Well researched
c) Based on Myles’s journals
d)

When the crew sailed back to England what did he bring with them?
a) Fur to pay back the money lenders
b) Puritans who were tired of the New World
c) Just the crew, nothing else was onboard
d)

The Pilgrims landed in November why was that a problem?
a) They couldn’t plant crops
b) The bay was frozen and they couldn’t land
c) They landed in the middle of the Starving Time
d)

Which of the following is NOT a problem the Pilgrims ran into right away?
a) Small Pox
b) Repairs
c) Sea Sickness
d)

Which group signed the Mayflower compact?
a) Men
b) Some men
c) Women
d)

Why did the Pilgrims decide to split up families?
a) There wasn’t enough room on the Mayflower
b) To send the youngest and strongest
c) Half were imprisoned from practicing religious freedom
d)

Conditions on the Mayflower were:
a) Bright
b) Airy
c) Smelly
d)

Why did the Mayflower passengers almost turn back?
a) Small pox
b) Storms
c) Broken beam
d)

Why were the Dutch so welcoming to the Pilgrims?
a) The Dutch had gained their independence from the Spanish
b) The Dutch were interested in New World gold
c) The Dutch were willing to sponsor a journey to the New World
d)

Which of the following was NOT something that was outlined in the treaty between Massasoit and the Pilgrims?
a) Promised not to steal anything
b) Promised to trade with each other
c) Promised not to hurt each other
d)

Why did the Pilgrims want to leave Holland?
a) They were being persecuted there
b) It wasn’t their ‘home’
c) If they practiced their religion they could be imprisoned there
d)

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