Vocabulary List

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Subsistence farming

Back 1

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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Interdependent

Back 2

to rely others to survive and succeed

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Charter

Back 3

A document issued by a sovereign, legislature, or other authority, creating a public or private corporation, such as a city, college, or bank, and defining its privileges and purposes.

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Mayflower Compact

Back 4

an agreement established by the men who sailed to America on the Mayflower

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Subsistence Farming

Back 5

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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Interdependent

Back 6

to rely on others to survive and succeed

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Charter

Back 7

written contract issued by a government giving the holder the right to establish a colony

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Mayflower Impact

Back 8

an agreement established by the men who sailed to America on the Mayflower

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Toleration

Back 9

In general usage, tolerance is a fair, objective, and permissive attitude toward those whose beliefs or personal characteristics

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Banish

Back 10

to be away from one's home,while either being explicitly refused permission to return and/or being threatened by prison or death upon return

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Puritan

Back 11

a member of a group of England that settled the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630 and sought to reform the practices of the Church of England

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Pilgram

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a member of a group that rejected the Church of England, sailed to America, and founded the Plymouth Colony