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subsistence farming
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growing only enough for the farmer and family to survive. scant surplus could be traded to other villagers, but not enough is grown to call your bounty a cash crop
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charter
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a written contract issued by a government giving the holder the right to establish a colony.
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mayflower compact
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an agreement established by the men who sailed to America on the Mayflower, which called for laws for the good of the colony and set forth the idea of self government
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toleration
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the practice of allowing or permitting something, in particular differences in opinion or behavior
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banish
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to send someone away from their community
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puritan
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a member of a group from englland that settled the massachusetts bay colony in 1630 and sought to reform the practices of the church of england
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pilgrim
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a member of a group that rejected the church of england, sailed to america, and founded the Plymouth Colony in 1620.
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