| A | B |
|---|
| assembly | the law-making body of the colony |
| bicameral | two houses, as a legislature |
| borough town | a colonial town that has sixty or more families |
| capital | money or property, such as supplies or tools |
| council | a group in the colonial period who helped and advised the governor |
| dissentor | non-Anglicans;people who did not belong to the Church og England |
| governor | one who rules a colony or state |
| indentured servant | one who agreed to work for another for a period of time in return for passage to the New World |
| joint-stock company | a company that sold shares to investors who expected to receive a share of the company's profits |
| land grant | a piece of land given to a settler who agreed to move onto it |
| militia | a citizen army |
| persecution | being subject to unjust or cruel treatrment or constant hostility; especially because of religiuos or political beliefs |
| Quakers | members of a religious group thst did not believe in churches or ceremonies and who were Pacifists |
| Lords Proprietors | eight supporters of King Charles II of England who received from him a charter to a colony that included what later became known as North Carolina |
| royal colony | colony governed directly by the crown |
| slave | person bound to a lifetime of service to another |
| smuggling | bringing goods into an area illegally |
| taxes | money given by businesses and citizens to the government to pay for the services that the government provides |
| unicameral | one house, as a legislature |
