| A | B |
|---|
| charter | the right to organize settlements in an area |
| joint-stock company | owners by stock in the company in return for a share of future profits |
| burgesses | representatives |
| dissent | disagreement or opposition to an opinion |
| persecute | treat harshly |
| Puritan | wanted to reform the Church |
| Separatist | wanted to break away from the Church |
| pilgrim | someone who takes a journey for a religious purpose |
| Mayflower Compact | pilgrims pledge of loyalty to England |
| toleration | the acceptance of different beliefs |
| pacifist | people who refuse to use force or to fight in wars |
| indentured servant | to pay for their passage to America, they agreed to work without pay for a certain period of time |
| constitution | plan of government |
| debtor | those unable to pay their debts |
| tenant farmer | settlers who paid their lord an annual rent and worked for him for a fixed number of days |
| mission | religious settlment established to convert people to a particular faith |
