History Unit 2.3-2.5 Vocabulary terms

Question 1

an English settler who sought religious freedom in the Americas in the 1600s.

Answer 1

Pilgrim

Question 2

a group of English protestants who settled the Massachusetts Bay colony

Answer 2

Puritans

Question 3

a 1620 agreement for ruling the Plymouth Colony

Answer 3

Mayflower Compact

Question 4

The mistreatment or punishment of a group of people because of their beliefs

Answer 4

Persecution

Question 5

the willingness to let others practice their own beliefs

Answer 5

Religious tolerance

Question 6

a holy day of observation and rest

Answer 6

Sabbath

Question 7

an act or decision that sets an example for others to follow

Answer 7

Precedent

Question 8

a meeting in colonial New England where settlers discussed and voted on local government matters

Answer 8

Town meeting

Question 9

an English Colony in which the king gave land to proprietors in exchange for a yearly payment

Answer 9

Proprietary

Question 10

Protestant reformers who believe in the equality of all people

Answer 10

Quakers

Question 11

a colony under direct control of the English crown

Answer 11

Royal Colony

Question 12

German- speaking protestants who settled in Pennsylvania

Answer 12

Pennsylvania Dutch

Question 13

a crop sold for money at market

Answer 13

Cash crop

Question 14

a plant used to make valuable blue dye

Question 15

the belief that one race is superior to another

Answer 15

Racism

Question 16

a person who cannot pay money he or she owes

Answer 16

Debtor

Question 17

laws that controlled the lives of enslaved African Americans and defined then basic rights

Answer 17

Slave Codes

Question 18

an agreement between nations to aid and protect one another

Answer 18

Alliance

Question 19

a boundary, or the edge of an area of settlement

Answer 19

Frontier