| A | B |
| Puritans | Wanted to purify or reform the Anglican Church |
| Piligrims | Seperatist group left England to avoid Religious Persecution |
| Immigrants | People who left their country to live in another country |
| Mayflower Compact | legal contract in which Piligrims agreed to fair laws to protect general good |
| Squanto | Lived in Europe and spoke English |
| Thanksgiving | Harvest Feast |
| Legal Rights | Women had more of these than in England |
| Great Migration | Between 1629 & 1640 thousands left England for America |
| John Winthrop | Puritan Leader |
| Male Colonists | Only ones to vote on issues |
| Roger Williams | Wanted his church to seperate from other New England colonies |
| Anne Hutchinson | Outspoken Puritan Woman -Wanted Women in leadership |
| Merchants | Wealthiest New England colonists |
| Fishin/Shipbuilding/Skilled Crafts | Important industry for New England colonists |
| Education | Important to colonists so youth could read the bible |
| John Harvard | Along with General Court founded Harvard College |