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History Unit 5 c.d.
History Notecards for Unit 5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Established Church | an official church of a country |
| Mayflower Compact | (1620)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 as an example |
| Town Meeting | a political meeting at which people make decisions on local issues;used primarily in New England |
| Separatists | The most extreme English Protestants who wanted to separate from the Church of England |
| Pilgrims | A Separatist group that left England in the early 1600s to escape persecution |
| Puritans | A Protestant group who wanted to purify, or reform, the Anglican Church |
| Immigrant | a person who moves to another country after leaving his or her homeland |
| Dissenter | a person who disagrees with official opinions |