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| Northwest Passage | an all water route through North America (did not actually exist) |
| Mayflower Compact | an agreement for ruling the Plymouth colony made by the settlers of the colony |
| New England | the English colonies of Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire |
| Middle Atlantic | the English colonies of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware |
| Southern | the English colonies of Maryland, Virginia, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina |
| colony | a territory controlled by a more powerful country |
| Puritans | group of early English settlers who came to America to escape religious persecution. |
| Quakers | a group of early English settlers who established a colony in Pennsylvania. Beliefs include an opposition to war. |
| Toleration | willingness to let others practice their own customs and beliefs |
| plantation system | method of land management practiced in the South utilizing slave labor and overseers |
| Cash Crop | crops sold for money |
| Magna Carta | agreement signed by King John I guaranteeing certain rights to the people of England - foundation of the U.S. Bill of Rights |
| Middle Passage | the ocean trip from Africa to the Americas in which thousands of enslaved Africans died |
| imports | trade product brought into a country |
| exports | trade product sent to markets outside a country |
| Enlightenment | era during the 17th and 18th centuries in which philosophers like John Locke tried to dicover the natural laws that governed human behavior; they wanted to use reason and logic to improve the world around them. |
| Indentured Servant | person who signed a contract to work for a certain length of time in exchange for passage to the colonies |
| Pilgrims | Belonged to a religious group known as the Separatists because they wanted to separate from the Church of England; came to America in search of religious freedom |
