| A | B |
| headright | 50 acres of land per paid passage |
| indentured servants | contracted for 4-7 years of service |
| planters | wealthy farmers with plantations |
| John Smith | leader of Jamestown |
| Bacon's Rebellion | rebellion in which Jamestown was burned |
| sect | religious group |
| immigrants | people who come to a new country |
| Pilgrims | Separatists |
| William Bradford | Pilgrim leader |
| Mayflower compact | agreed upon laws for self-governing |
| Puritans | dissenters |
| covenant | sacred agreement |
| Thomas Hooker | Founder of Connecticut |
| Roger Williams | Founder of Providence |
| Anne Hutchinson | Banished for religious ideas |
| Salem | location of witch trials |