| A | B |
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| invest | to give money to a company in return for stock |
| patroon | A wealthy person who can afford to bring people and supplies to settle the land |
| charter | An official document that gives a company permission to settle in North Americ |
| vicroy | A person sent to rule in the king's place |
| colony | A settlement ruled by a distant country |
| pelt | the skin of an animal |
| missionary | A person sent to another counrty to convert others |
| John White | leader of the Roanoke Colony |
| Dutch West Indies Company | encouraged settlement in New Amsterdam |
| Virginia Company | encouraged settlement of Jamestown |
| Massachusetts Bay Colony | settled by the Puritans |
| New France | settles by fur trappers and traders |
| New Spain | settled by farmers on or near haciendas |
| goal of the Puritans | create a model community |
