KUDos:

Know:
Plymouth and the Mayflower

Understand:
8.3 Explain the founding of the Plymouth Colony, including
the Separatists, William Bradford, Mayflower, Mayflower
Compact, and Squanto

Do:
Checkpoint
Pledge
Colony map
Plymouth Colony

Checkpoint 8.19.16
1. Where was the Mayflower SUPPOSED to
go?

2. Why was Plymouth started?

Checkpoint 8.19.16
3. What did the Pilgrims need to create
before they left the Mayflower boat?

4. What was their government called?

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Checkpoint 8.19.16
1. Where was the Mayflower SUPPOSED to
go?
Virginia, then New York, finally landed in
Mass
2. Why was Plymouth started?

Religious Freedom

Checkpoint 8.19.16
3. What did the Pilgrims need to create
before they left the Mayflower boat?

Government
4. What was their government called?

Mayflower

Pledge of Success

Today is a new day, a new beginning. It has

been given to me as a new gift. I can either
use it or throw it away. What I do today will
affect me tomorrow. I cannot blame anyone
but myself if I do not succeed. I promise to use
this day to the fullest by giving my best,
realizing it can never come back again. This is
my life and I choose to make it a success.

What two groups of people opposed the Church

of England following King Henry IIIV breakaway
from the Roman Catholic Church and why?

1. Separatists
(wished to
separate from the
Church of England
and form their own
church)
2. Puritans (wished
to reform, or

M ayfl
ow er Com pact Skit
3 Pilgrim men
2 Pilgrim women
1 Narrator
You will listen and follow along as they
perform
I will ask you questions about the
Compact when they are finished.

Mayflower
Compact
1. Based on the primary
source, why was Plymouth
colonized?
2. Were the Pilgrims
loyal to King
James
or wanting freedom?
3. Which line explains
why the
compact
was written?

You tell the

story

W hat w as the prim ary reason the Pilgrim s

decided to m ove to Am erica?

1. They were
being persecuted
in England
2. They wanted
religious freedom.

W hen w as the Plym outh Colony founded,

w here w as it located and w hy?
1. The Plymouth Colony was
founded in 1620 with a
permission to settle in the
Virginia Colony
2. Along the Massachusetts
coast near Cape Cod.
3. Originally supposed to
settle much further south
in the Virginia territory but
they were taken off course

W hat w as the M ayfl

ow er Com pact and
w hat did it do and w hy is it so im portant?
1. Because they were no longer under
the government of Virginia Company
and they had to establish their own
form of government
2. a document drafted by the
passengers of the Mayflower
3. established an organized and orderly
government before they went ashore.

4. It is a key piece in the

development of a representative,
democratic government in
America.

W hat role did W illiam Bradf

ord and
Squant
o one
play
1. William
Bradford
was
the out
firsthleaders
of the
in the founding ofof
Plym
Colony?
Plymouth settlement who
helped establish relations
with Native Americans thus
insuring their survival.

2. Squanto was an Englishspeaking, Native American

who befriended the colonists,
teaching them how to fish,
where to hunt, and what to
farm. He was key to their
survival in the first few years.
He also played a vital role in

Jamestown/ Plymouth
Venn Diagram
You need al least 5 notes per side and 3 in the
center
Ideas:
Reason for colonizing
Geographic location
Government
Struggles
Local Native Tribes/interactions
Successes
Demographics

Jamestown Plymouth