The Pilgrims of Plymouth and the Puritans of Boston were by and large “pretty simple folks,” Silverman told VOA. “Their leaders were well-educated and literate, but most of them were what you might call ‘peasants.’”
The Mayflower Compact set forth the principles of the Puritan religion: T/F F The Mayflower Compact was the first governing document of Plymouth Colony. It was written by the Separatists who were fleeing from religious persecution by King James of Great Britain.
T Unlike the colonists of Jamestown, the Puritans of Massachusetts established settlements based on families: T/F T English colonies in the Chesapeake were first and foremost business enterprises: T/F
The Puritan merchants who founded the Massachusetts Bay Company Carried out the largest single migration in the seventeenth century. The Puritan founders in Massachusetts who described their colony as a "shining city upon a hill" Felt they were creating a holy community that would be a model for the world.
Seventeenth-century English colonial settlements#N#A. were mostly business enterprises#N#B. were tightly controlled by the English government.#N#C. were effectively isolated from contact with other nations.#N#D. were well-planned and generally quite successful from the start.#N#E. maintained the political and social institutions of England.
In 1638, Anne Hutchinson was deported from the Massachusetts colony because she. A. was accused of practicing witchcraft. B. argued that only the "elect" were entitled to any religious or political authority. C. challenged the prevailing assumptions of the proper role of women in society.