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History Unit #2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| endure | lasting |
| fetid | having a fowl or rotten smell. |
| slave codes | laws passed in the colonies to control slaves. |
| anachronism | An error in time or place. |
| pilgrim | A member of a Puritan Separatist sect that left England in the early 1600s to settle in the Americas. |
| Great migration | A time where many people left England. They went to English colonies in New England and the Caribbean. |
| Puritan | Protestants who wanted to reform the church of England. |
| City on a Hill | Speech given by John Winthrop to Puritans to encourage them to be a model or example for the world. |
| quakers | Protestant sect founded in the 1640s in England whose members believed that salvation was available to all people. |
| scourge | punishment, made to suffer. |
| refuge | A safe place. |
| religious tolerance | Accept or permitting other's religious beliefs different from your own. |
| religious persecution | Mistreatment of someone based on their religion. |
| immigrant | A person who moves to another country after leaving his or her own homeland. |
| mayflower compact | A document written by pilgrims establishing themselves as a political society and setting guidelines for self-government. |
| English Bill of Rights | A shift of political power from British monarchy to Parliament. |
| triangular trade | A trading network in which goods and slaves moved among England, The American colonies, and Africa. |
| middle passage | A voyage that brought enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to North America and the West Indies |
| allocate | Given out in portions according to plan. |
| vehement | Forceful, with intensity. |