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History Unit 5
History Unit 5 Vocab
Question | Answer |
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Established Church | The official church of a country. |
Mayflower Compact | A document writtten 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 | Protestants who wanted to breakaway from the church |
Pilgrims | A member of a Puritan Separatist sect that left England in the early 1600s to settle in the Americas. |
Puritans | Protestants who wanted to reform the Church of England. |
Immigrant | A person who moves to another country after leaving his or her homeland. |
Dissenter | People who disagree with official opinions. |