US History Unit 1

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a people’s way of life, including beliefs, customs, food, dwellings, and clothing

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culture

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to move from one place and establish a home in a new place.

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migrated

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good at finding ways to solve problems

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resourceful

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a new settlement or territory established and governed by a country in another land

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colony

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Spanish soldier-explorers, especially those who conquered the native peoples of Mexico and Peru

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conquistadors

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a person who travels to a territory or community in order to make converts to his or her religion

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missionary

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an economic policy in which nations tried to gain wealth by controlling trade and establishing colonies

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mercantilism

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an agreement that Pilgrims wrote and signed describing how they would govern themselves in the Americas

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Mayflower Compact

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a formal document issued by the king that outlined a colony’s geographic boundaries and specified how it would be governed

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charter

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an agreement made in 1215 listing the rights granted by King John to all free men of the kingdom

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Magna Carta