| A | B |
|---|
| Puritans | Group that wanted to "purify" the Anglican Church |
| charter | Document that let the company settle and trade in the Americas |
| Separatist | Group that separated from the the Anglican Church |
| Town Meeting | Meeting in colonial New England where colonists discussed and voted on issues |
| indentured servant | A person who agrees to work 3-7 years in exchange for passage to the New World |
| Quaker | Protestant reformers who settled in Pennsylvania |
| cash crop | sold for money at market |
| joint stock company | form of business organization; investors buy stock in company to share in profits |
| royal colony | a colony under control of English king |
| pilgrims | english settlers seeking religious freedom in the Americas |
| plantation | large farm worked by many laborers |
| Mayflower Compact | An agreement made by Pilgrim leaders that ensured self-government |
| Burgesses | elected representatives to a lawmaking body in the English colonies |
| Massachusetts Bay Company | A colony founded in 1629 by Puritans to start a colony in America |
| Jamestown | First successful English colony; founded in 1607 |
| Plymouth | where the Pilgrims landed in 1620 |
| John Smith | A leader of the Jamestown expedition |
| Powatan | Indians in Jamestown area |
| Pocahontas | daughter of Powatan chief |
| Roanoke | unsuccessful attempt by English to start a colony in the New World |
