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| Almsgiving | Alms are anything given for free to help the poor. The giving of alms was part of the Pilgrim religious service. |
| Anglican | Someone who belongs to the Church of England (the Anglican Church). |
| Calvinist | Churches based on the religious teachings of a Frenchman named John Calvin. |
| Civilized | An advanced stage of social development. |
| Colony | A settlement made by people who leave their own country to settle in another land, but who still remain citizens of their original country. |
| Culture | All the ways of living built up by a group of people or a nation. |
| Dutch Barn | A type of hay storage barn whose roof could be raised as more hay was added; used at Plymouth Colony . |
| Forge | A blacksmith's shop. A workshop where iron is heated and shaped into useful things, such as tools and nails. |
| Exports | Goods or Products that are shipped to another country. |
| Heresy | An opinion or a doctrine that disagrees with established religious beliefs |
| Humiliation | To be made to feel more humble or less full of pride. |
| Merchant-Adventurers | A group of rich Londoners who gave money to the Plymouth Colonists to start their colony. |
| Pilgrims | people who journey (make a pilgrimage) to holy places. |
| Plymouth Colony | The first successful English colony in New England, founded in 1620. The Plymouth Colony was made up of Cape Cod and lands to the west. |
| Pulpit | A raised platform where preachers, such as those at Plymouth, stood to deliver their sermons. |
| Puritans | People who wanted to "purify" the Church of England by having very plain religious services and buildings and by having stricter rules. |
| Sabbath | A day of rest. Sunday was the Sabbath Day of the Plymouth Pilgrims. |
| Separatists | Puritans who believed that only by separating from the Church of England was it possible to find true religious freedom. |
| Sermon | A public speech on religion. |
| Thatch | Roofing material, such as reeds or straw. |
