| A | B |
|---|
| charter | Document that permitted colonists to settle on land claimed by their ruler |
| Pilgrim | Person who journeys for religious reasons |
| dissenter | A person whose views differ from others' |
| stock | Shares in a company often sold to raise money for their company |
| Mayflower Compact | Pilgrims' written plan of government for their colony |
| cash crop | crop grown for profit |
| Northwest Passage | Waterway connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans |
| debtor | Person who owes money |
| persecution | Unjust treatment jto a person because of his or her beliefs |
| indentured servant | a person who agreed to work for someone for a certain amount of time in exchange for the cost of the ocean voyage to North America |
| Puritan | Group from England who wanted to purify, or reform, the Church of England |
| separatist | Person who wanted to separate from the Church of England |
| proprietor | owner |
| House of Burgesses | The first law-making assembly in the English colony |
