名词解释+问题

名词解释+问题(7 页)Good is good, but better carries it.精益求精，善益求善。ExplanationsChapter 1New England: the northeastern corner of the United States including the present states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut.Great Lakes: the five lakes between Canada and the US. They are Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Erie and Lake Ontario.Chapter 3Mayflower Compact: the first governing document of Plymouth Colony, drafted by the “Pilgrims” who crossed the Atlantic aboard the Mayflower, seeking religious freedom. It was signed on November 11, 1620. In this Compact they agreed to stick together, to abide by majority role, and to have a right to choose their own leader.Thanksgiving Day: It is an annual one-day holiday to give thanks at the conclusion of the harvest season. The United States celebrates Thanksgiving on the fourth Thursday of November.Chapter 4Boston Tea Party: on the evening of Dec.16, 1773, in Boston, when ships of tea reached Boston and the governor was determined to see that tea was legally protected in its distribution, a group of angry colonists, known as the Boston Tea Party, dressed themselves up as Indians and boarded the three company ships, ripped open 342 chests of tea valued at ￡17000, and dumped all the tea into the harbor.The First Continental Congress: In 1774, the First Continental Congress was held in Philadelphia, which encouraged Americans to refuse to buy British goods, and organized colonial militia units.Chapter 5Confederation: a confederation is a government in which the constituent governments, called states in the US, create a central government by constitutional compact but do not give it power to regulate the c...