Unit 2 Week 2 Vocab

Reformers who believed in the equality of all people settled in Pennsylvania

• Puritans
• Lutherans
• Baptists
• Quakers

A crop that people raised to sell rather than to use themselves

A representative government that was the first elected legislature in America.

• Virginia House of Pancakes

• Virginia House of Pain

• Virginia House of Burgesses

• Virginia House of Fun

A person who makes a journey for religious reasons settled in Plymouth, Massachusetts

• Explorer
• Pilgrim
• Settler
• Missionary

A form of government that is ruled by a king or queen

• Democracy
• Oligarchy
• Dictatorship
• Monarchy

The practice of holding people against their will and making them carry out orders

The belief that government has only the powers that the Constitution gives it.

• Limited Government

• Gatekeeping Government

• Unlimited Government

A 1620 agreement for ruling the Plymouth colony was signed by the pilgrims before leaving the boat.

• Texas Compact

• Great Britain Compact

• Mayflower Compact

• George Washington Compact

The lawmaking branch of government

• Executive

• Supreme Court

• Legislature

• Governor

A system by which people elect delegates to make laws and conduct government.

• Representative government

• Direct democracy
• Monarchy
• Oligarchy