Part I

Answer the following questions using the web sites provided.

1. Who are the Puritans?

2. Why are some of them called Pilgrims?

3. Where did the Mayflower Pilgrims come from?

4. Where did they settle?

5. How many were there?

6. What were they seeking?

7. Why was the first winter so hard?

8. What was their relationship with the Native Americans?

9. Who were three of the most prominent leaders?

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

Bible?

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.

1. Go to the Alabama Virtual Library

2. Choose the High School Link.

3. Choose the Literature Resource Center.

4. Choose the Literary Historical Timeline link.

5. Enter the following dates: 1607 - 1776

6. 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.