4th Grade History

Study Guide – Chapters 3 & 4

People

Jim Thorpe – an Indian who was the world’s greatest athlete during the 1950’s

Sequoya – a Cherokee who developed the syllabary or Cherokee alphabet

David Brainard – missionary who spent his short life preaching to the Native Americans in

          the wilderness

John Wesley – English preacher who visited America to preach to the Indians

Roger Williams – missionary friend of the Indians who offered to buy their land instead of

          taking it

John Eliot – missionary who spent thirty years translating the Bible into the language of the

          Massachusetts Indians

Squanto – Indian who helped the Plymouth settlers farm

Massasoit – Indian chief who made a peaceful treaty with the Pilgrims

Elizabeth I – Queen of England who would not allow Sir Walter Raleigh to go to the New

          World

Miles Standish – soldier who helped the Pilgrims deal with the Indians

John Smith – a leader of Jamestown

William Bradford – governor of Plymouth for 36 years

Virginia Dare – first English child to be born in America

Elder Brewster – known as the Pilgrim’s preacher

Separatists – group of people who wanted to separate from the Church of England

 

Places

England

1.       began settlements of Plymouth and Jamestown

2.     sent the Susan Constant, Godspeed, and the Discovery to the New World with settlers

St. Augustine – colony of Spain in the New World

Quebec – colony of France in the New World

Jamestown – England’s first permanent colony in the New World

Roanoke – colony known as the Lost Colony because it disappeared completely

Facts to know

The book Of Plymouth Plantation gave the history of the Plymouth settlement

Mayflower Compact – first written agreement for self-government in America

Mayflower – name of the ship that brought the Pilgrims to America

Columbus called the natives of the New World "Indians" because he thought he was near India.

The gospel of Jesus was the greatest change in the Indian way of life.

London Company – group of merchants who founded (started) Jamestown

Examples of American Indian dwellings                          

1.       lodge                                                                    

2.     teepee                                                                             ,

3.     long house                                                             

4.     hogan                                                                    

5.     pueblo

Map work – know the location of Canada, Mexico, Plymouth, Jamestown, Ohio River, and the Rocky Mountains on a blank map