| A | B |
|---|
| Europeans | voluntarily came to the New World |
| agricultural | The type of economy in the Southern colonies which is based on farming. |
| Virginia | first permanent English colony |
| Tobacco | This cash crop made the Virginia colony wealthy |
| Jamestown | founded in 1607 it was the first permanent English settlement |
| Tidewater | coastal land |
| James River | The river Jamestown was founded along. |
| Cavaliers | English nobility give large land grants by the King of England |
| indentured servants | field laborers who worked in exchange for their passage to the English colonies |
| Shenandoah Valley | where many poor Scots-Irish settled because the land was cheap and not as rich |
| Virginia Company of London | this company founded the colony of Virginia |
| Asia | The continent the Europeans were trying to find a route to |
| House of Burgesses | begun in 1619, it was the first representative body in the English colonies |
| Virginia General Assembly | began as the House of Burgesses, today it is the representative body of VA |
| Persecution | the term for when people bully you, or even kill you for your beliefs |
| Plymouth | location of the first Pilgrim settlement in New England |
| Mayflower Compact | This was the first written document to establish a government in the English colonies |
| Covenant | the type of community the Pilgrims created based upon the Mayflower Compact |
| town hall meeting | direct democracy of New England colonies |
| New England colonies | Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire |
| Southern colonies | VA, NC, SC, GA, MD |
| Anglican | Another word that means "Church of England" |
| Middle colonies | NY, NJ, PN, DE |
| William Penn | Quaker who founded the Pennsylvania colony |
| Quaker | The Protestant Christian denomination Penn was a member of |
| Freedom of religion | Why the Puritans, Pilgrims, and Quakers came to the New World |
| Dutch | The original settlers who settled "New Amsterdam" |
| French | These Europeans had friendlier relations with the Indians |
| European diseases | The reason why so many Indians died when the Europeans came to the New World |
| Africans | involuntarily came to the New World |
