| A | B |
| joint stock compnay | investors buy stock in company |
| burgesses | representatives |
| dissent | disagree with beliefs or practices |
| persecuted | treated harshly |
| Puritans | wanted to reform the Anglican Church |
| Separatists | wanted to separate from Anglican Church |
| toleration | willingness to let others practice their beliefs |
| patroon | wealthy landowners in New York |
| proprietary colony | owner owns land,controls government |
| pacifists | people who refuse to use force |
| constitution | plan of government |
| debtors | people unable to pay their debts |
| tenant farmers | farmers who paid rent |