Terms: 1. Bering strait- a strait between Alaska and the Russian Federation in Asia, connecting the Bering Sea and the Arctic Ocean 2. Primogeniture- the state of being the firstborn child. 3. Charter- a document issued by a government that gives rights to a person or group 4. Mayflower compact- an agreement to establish a government, entered into by the Pilgrims in the cabin of the Mayflower. 5. Indentured servant- a person who came to America and was placed under contract to work for another over a period of time 6. Apprenticeship- a person who works for another in order to learn a trade 7. Jamestown- a village in E Virginia: first permanent English settlement in North America 1607 8. Martin Luther- was a German professor of theology, priest, former monk and a seminal figure in the Protestant Reformation. 9. Calvinism- a Christian set of beliefs that is based on the teachings of John Calvin and that stresses God's power and the moral weakness of human beings 10. Predestination- the belief that everything that will happen has already been decided by God or fate and cannot be changed 11. Separatists- a member of a group of people who want to form a new country, religion, etc., that is separate from the one they are in now 12. Heresy- a belief or opinion that does not agree with the official belief or opinion of a particular religion 13. Seditious- disposed to arouse or take part in or guilty of sedition 14. Blue Laws- one of numerous extremely rigorous laws designed to regulate morals and conduct in colonial New England 15. Great awakening- the series of religious revivals among Protestants in the American colonies, especially in New England, lasting from about 1725 to 1770. 16. Anglican Church- is a denomination of the Protestant branch of Western Christianity 17. Magna Carta- 1.a charter of liberty