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14 Cards in this Set
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King Henry VIII
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banned the Catholic Church in England and replaced it with the Church of England. Everyone in England had to belong to the Church of England, and those who chose not to were punished.
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Pilgrim
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A person who makes a journey for religious reasons.
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Why did the Pilgrims want to go to North America?
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To build a society where everyone shared the same religious beliefs. In North America, they would get their chance.
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Mayflower
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The Mayflower was headed for Virginia, but storms blew the ship off course. Instead, the Mayflower landed at Cape Cod, in what is now Massachusetts.
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Compact
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An agreement.
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Mayflower Compact
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gave those who signed it the right to govern themselves.
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Self-Government
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A system of government in which people make their own laws.
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Majority Rule
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The political idea that the majority of an organized group should have the power to make decisions for the whole group.
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Why was the Mayflower Compact important?
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Gave those who signed it the right to govern themselves. At a time when monarchs ruled, self-government was a very new idea.
The Mayflower Compact also included the idea of majority rule. If more than half the people agreed to a law or a decision, everyone had to follow it. |
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Tisquantum, or Squanto
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Tisquantum showed the Pilgrims where to fish and how to plant squash, corn, and pumpkins. He also helped the colonists trade for furs from neighboring tribes.
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Why did the relationship between the Native Americans and the colonists change?
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After 1630, other English colonists began to settle in different areas of New England. Life there began to change. Many of the new colonists were not friendly toward the Native Americans and settled on more of their lands.
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William Bradford
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One of Plymouth´s early governors
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Samoset
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An Abenaki Native American who arrived in the Spring and said "Welcome Englishmen",
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Plymouth
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The site of the Pilgrim's colony. John Smith named it.
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