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| Pilgrim | person who travels to a new place in search of religious freedom |
| Separtists | People from England who want to "separate" themselves from the Church of England and traveled to North America for religious freedom |
| persecution | unjust treatment often caused by the differing beliefs from others |
| William Bradford | leader of teh Separtists who asked for permission to settle in New World with his group |
| New England | name given to the northeastern region of North America by John Smith. The Pilgrims settled in this area instead of Virginia. |
| Plymouth | The rocky harbor and town where the Pilgrims decided to settle. |
| Mayflower | The name of the boat that the Pilgrims left England in September 1620 & sailed in to arrive in the New World |
| Mayflower Compact | the Pilgrims' plan of government for their new colony that allowed for majority rule by adult males. It was a first step in self-government! |
| Samoset | a Native American who had learned English from traders and made friendly introductions between the Pilgrims and the Wampanoags |
| Squanto | a Native American who spoke English because he had been captured by the Europeans and who helped the Pilgrims in learning skills of hunting, fishing, and farming corn. |
| Massasoit | leader of the Wampanoags with whom the Pilgrims made a peace treaty |
| Puritans | a group of English settlers who wanted to "purify" the Church of England and also settled in New England in 1630 looking for religious freedom |
| Massachusetts Bay Colony | the name the Puritans called their colony and later created the town of Boston |
| John Winthrop | leader of the Puritans who had learned from the mistakes of Jamestown and Plymouth |
| Thanksgiving | the original 3-day celebration was held in Plymouth in the fall after the Pilgrims gathered their first harvest |
| Pilgrims' hardships on ship | tight living space below deck, broken mast, unpleasant meal of salted meat and tough biscuits, pushed off course from Virginia by storms and lasted 66 days |
| Pilgrims' hardships at Plymouth | arrived at the start of winter, freezing weather, hunger, and sickness, & after 3 months 50% of settlers had died |
| meetinghouse | Here religius services and town meetings were held & it was found at the center of every Puritan towns. |
