Puritan Mythconceptions

Question 1

First European colony, founded by the English, is what is now the state of Virginia.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 2

The "Pilgrims" were "Puritans" who were seeking to "purify" the Church of England.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 3

Pocahontas rescued colonist Cpt. John Smith from certain death & later fell in love with him.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 4

Pilgrims introduced Christian holidays such as Christmas and Easter to North America.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 5

Nov. 1620, Pilgrims first came ashore on Plymouth Rock and established their permanent colony.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 6

Enslaved Africans arrived in Colonial America before the Mayflower did.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 7

Early English colonists lived in log cabins.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 8

Early colonists developed strict laws and harsh punishments for those who broke them.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 9

Colonists were friends with natives & did not fight them as settlers did later in the Am. West.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 10

Colonists viewed alcohol & tobacco as instruments of the devil & banned them from the colonies.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 11

All English colonists in the 17th c.came to the New World seeking religious freedom.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 12

Weapon of choice for colonists in 1620s was a gun called a blunderbuss, w/bell-shaped barrel.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 13

Eng.colonists of 1620s/30s usually wore black&white clothing-some decorated with large buckles.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 14

The "Pilgrims" founded the first colony in the area now known as "New England".

Accepted Answer

False

Question 15

1st Thanksgiving, Nov. 1621, became an annual holiday then & has been celebrated ever since.

Accepted Answer

False

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