Searching for the Puritans
An Internet Scavenger Hunt

Part I
Answer the following questions using the web sites provided.

1.    Who are the Puritans?

  http://204.165.132.32/mmello/encarta_puritanism.htm

  http://mb-soft.com/believe/txc/puritani.htm

  http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/society/A0860589.html
 

2.    Why are some of them called Pilgrims?

  http://www.puritansermons.com/banner/logan1.htm

3.    Where did the Mayflower Pilgrims come from?

http://www.victorianweb.org/victorian/religion/puritan2.html

4.    Where did they settle?

http://www.puritansermons.com/banner/murray3.htm

http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0832348.html

5.    How many were there?

http://xroads.virginia.edu/~CAP/puritan/purhist.html

6.    What were they seeking?

http://www.puritansermons.com/banner/murray3.htm

http://mb-soft.com/believe/txc/puritani.htm

7.    Why was the first winter so hard?

http://xroads.virginia.edu/~CAP/puritan/purhist.html

8.    What was their relationship with the Native Americans?

http://xroads.virginia.edu/~CAP/puritan/purhist.html

9.    Who were three of the most prominent leaders?

http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/amlitcol.htm

http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/society/A0860592.html

10.    What were the Puritans' fundamental beliefs about God and th Bible?

  http://home.earthlink.net/~gfeldmeth/lec.pur.html

http://www.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/chap1/chap1.html
 

Part II
For two of the following sites, write a 3-4 sentence summary of what information is on the web page.

Religion and the Founding of the American Republic
http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/religion/rel01.html

Lectures on Puritanism
http://www.wfu.edu:/~matthetl/perspectives/three.html

Puritanism in New England
http://www.gonzaga.edu/faculty/campbell/enl310/purdef.htm

Witchcraft in Salem Village
http://etext.virginia.edu/salem/witchcraft/

Anglicans, Puritans, and Quakers
http://www.mun.ca/rels/ang/texts/ang1.html

Part III
Use the Alabama Virtual Library to make your own timeline.

• Go to the Alabama Virtual Library
• Choose the High School Link.
• Choose the Literature Resource Center.
• Choose the Literar-Historical Timeline link.
• Enter the following dates: 1607 - 1776
• Choose 10 events from that time period (please visit all 16 pages of the time line) that you find interesting and make your own time line.