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History Unit 5
History Unit 5 Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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. |