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Unit 5 Vocabulary cl
Question | Answer |
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Established Church | The official church of a country. |
Mayflower Compact | A document written by the Pilgrims establishing themselves as a political society and setting guidelines for self-government. |
Persecution | Mistreatment Because of beliefs or practices. |
Migration | The movement of people from one region to another. |
Religious Tolerance | Respecting and allowing different religions. |
Precedent | An action or decision that later serves a an example. |
Town Meeting | A political meeting at which people make decisions on local issues; used primarily in New England. |
Separatists | Protestants who wanted to break away from the church of England. |
Pilgrims (Saints) | One Separatist group that left England in the early 1600's to escape persecution. |
Immigrants | People who have left the country of their birth to live in another country. |
Puritan | A Protestant group that wanted to purify, or reform, the Angelic Church. |
Dissenter | People who disagree with official opinions. |