=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.