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unit 5 flashcards
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Established Church | the offical 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 practice |
| Migration | the movement of people to one region to another |
| Religious tolerance | respecting and allowing different religeous |
| Precedent | an action or decision that later serves as an example |
| Town Meeting | a local meeting where decions on local issues |
| Separatist/Saints | English protestants who left England to escape persecution they formed there own church's and were punish. |
| Pilgrims | a member of a Puritan Separatist sect that left England in the 1600's to settle in the Americans. |
| Puritans | Protestants who wanted to reform the Church in England |
| Immigrant | a person who moves to another country after leaving his or her homeland. |
| Dissenter | people who disagree with offical oppinions |
| William Bradford | was the leader of the Pilgrims and traveled on the Mayflower. He also was the governor of the Plymouth colony for over 30 years. |
| Squanto | He helped the Pilgrims at Plymouth and he taught them how to fish, farm and hunt. He also arranged a peace treaty with a local chief. |
| Charles I | King of England who raised taxes during hard economic times and he was the head of the church of England and he punished the Puritans. Gave them a charter too. |
| John Winthrop | He was the leader of the Puritans and the governor of Massachusetts Bay colony for over 30 years and the judge for a trial. |
| Thomas Hooker | Established the colony of Connecticut and wrote the Fundamental orders of Connecticut which established freedom for the new world. |
| Roger Williams | He was kicked out of the C and took land and created a colony in Rhode island. |
| Anne Huthinson | She spoke out against John Winthrop and held prayer meetings in he home. She also got kick out the Massachusetts bay colony and fled to Rhode island and helped Roger Williams establish Rhode island |
| Henry the eight | He was the father of Queen Elizibeth and tossed the Catholic Church out of England long before Jamestown got started. |
| Samoset | Can up to the Village and said Hi welcome he new English and was Native American. |
| Massasoit | he was a big cheif in the area of wampanaught indains and nagoshyated the peace treated. |