Unlike the Virginia colonists, many people of New England lived in towns and villages. They built churches, schools, and town halls. All the people went to church. Most of the children attended school. Whenever any question arose in which every one was interested, they talked it over at the town meeting. In these ways the New England colonists differed from the Virginians.
SUGGESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PUPIL
The Leading Facts. 1. The Puritans first migrated to Holland to gain religious freedom. 2. Later they decided to go to America, where they planted the colony of Plymouth, made peace with the Indians, and began to worship in their own way. 3. John Winthrop founded the Massachusetts Bay Colony of 700 Puritans. 4. He was such a good governor that he was elected almost every year until his death. 5. John Eliot converted many Indians and established several Christian Indian communities. 6. King Philip was goaded into a war with the whites of Massachusetts. 7. He was defeated and treacherously killed.
Study Questions. 1. Why did the Pilgrims decide to leave England? 2. What new danger threatened them in Holland? 3. Picture the Mayflower in a storm at sea. 4. Tell the story of Miles Standish and his little army. 5. What useful things did the Pilgrims learn from the Indians? 6. Why would putting dead fish in the hill help the corn to grow? 7. Why have Americans loved the Pilgrims so well? 8. How did the Pilgrims' treatment of the Indians compare with that of the Spaniards? 9. Tell the story of John Winthrop and the Puritans. 10. Tell the story of John Eliot. 11. What did he do before he began to teach the Indians? 12. Tell the story of King Philip.
Suggested Readings. Pilgrims and Puritans: Pumphrey, Pilgrim Stories; Warren, The Little Pioneers; Hart, Colonial Children, 136-140, 177-182; Glascock, Stories of Columbia, 69-81; Pratt, Early Colonies, 113-123; Drake, Making of New England, 67-87, 149-186; Hart, Source Book, 45-48; Higginson, American Explorers, 341-361.
John Eliot: Tappan, American Hero Stories, 59-72, 84-96.