| A | B |
|---|
| Mayflower Compact | agreement for ruling the Plymouth Colony, signed by Pilgrims before they landed at Plymouth |
| Middle Passage | ocean trip from Africa to the Americas in which thousands of enslaved Africans died |
| Pilgrims | in the 1600s, English settlers who sought religious freedom in America |
| House of Burgesses | representative assembly in colonial Virginia |
| conquiatador | Spanish conqueror |
| Christopher Columbus | sponsored by Spain - wanted to reach the Indies by sailing west across the Atlantic |
| representative government | political system in which voters elect others to make laws |
| plantation | large estate farmed by many workers |
| Columbian Exchange | worldwide exchange of goods and ideas that began with Columbus's voyage to the Americas |
| Parliament | representative assembly in England |
| Peter Minuit | governnor of New Netherland - purchased Manhattan Island from the Indians |
| Northwest Passage | waterway through or around North America |
