Our Pilgrim Ancestors

3. Elizabeth Tilley moved in with the Carver household shortly after arriving in the new world because her _____ died.
4. How many days did the Mayflower sail through storms and headwinds to reach the new land?
5. The Mayflower pilgrims were called _____ because they had resolved to draw away from the Church of England instead of working for change within the established church.
7. At age 13 she sailed on the Mayflower with her parents.
9. What pilgrim ancestor fell overboard the Mayflower ship and survived?
10. The Mayflower's passengers were mostly families who were willing to endure almost anything if it meant they could _____ as they pleased.
11. John Howland was the 13th signer of this document.
13. The pilgrims owed money to The Merchant Adventurers, the London-based company that had provided their voyage to the new world. It was not until years later, 1648, that their debts were finally _____.

1. How many pregnant mothers set sail on the Mayflower?
2. In 1608, years before setting sail for the new world, the Mayflower pilgrims did as other English separatists had done: they left England and emigrated to what country?
3. The Mayflower carried 102 of these.
6. John Howland was an indentured _____ of John Carver
8. John Howland and other Plymouth men established this on the Kennebec river, gathering and selling furs, to help the pilgrims pay their debts to London.
9. Who was the pilgrim colony's first governor in the new world?
12. The Mayflower pilgrims were called _____ because they believed the Church of England must be purged of its many excesses and abuses.