| A | B |
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| Puritan | person in the 1600s in England who thought English church should be "pure" |
| separtists | A person who wished to separate from the Church of England |
| Pilgrim | A preson who travels for religious reasons |
| Mayflower Compact | An agreement to obey the rules of the Plymouth Colony, signed aboard the Mayflower |
| charter | An offical paper in which rigts are given by a government to a person or company |
| delegate | A representative |
| meeting house | A building used for both public and religious groups |
| common | Land available for use by all people of a village or town |
| apprentice | A person who works in return for instruction, room and board, or payment |
| work ethic | A belief in working hard |
| export | To ship a product to another country to sell it there |
| cash crop | Something that is grown for a profit |
| indentured servant | A person who sold his or her services for a certain period of time in exchange for a free passage to America. |
| buffer zone | An area of safety between people in conflict |
| plantation | A large farm where one main crop is grown |
| immune | To be protected from an illness because of previous exposure to it. |
| staple crop | The most important crop grown in an area. |
| Frame of Government | William Penn's plan for the government of the Pennsylvania colony |
| Iroquois League | A polital union of five, and later six, Iroquois nations who were governed by a council of chiefs |
| gristmill | A structure where grain is ground into flour |
| cooper | A person who makes or repairs wooden barrels, tubs, or casks. |
| cultural borrowing | exchange of ideas, languages, customs, and ways of doing things among different groups of people. |
| Quaker | A member of a religious society whose beliefs include equality and nonviolence |
| pacifist | A person who does not believe in fighting or going to war |
| tributary | A stream or river that flows into a larger one |
