| A | B |
| An area comprised of Rhode Island, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont | New England |
| An area comprised of New York, New Jersey, Deleware, Pennsylvannia | Middle Colonies |
| Area below the Mason-Dixon line | Southern Colonies |
| First permanent English settlement | Jamestown |
| An economic system bulit on agriculture and slavery | Plantation System |
| Policy of viewing the colonies as a source of cheap raw materials | Mercantilism |
| People who have their way paid or debt is bought that allowed them to come to the colonies for a minimum of 7 years as a servant to another. | Indentured servants |
| involuntary servitude | Slavery |
| the route traveled between Africa and the West Indies | Middle Passage |
| a trade route between Europe, Africa, West Indies, & American Colonies | Triangular trade route |
| The first settlers of Plymouth, Mass. | Pilgrims |
| People who wanted to purify the English chruch | Puritans |
| Religous sect that believes in pacifism and settled in Pennsylvannia | Quakers |
| Followers of the Roman Catholic Church and the Pope, settled in Maryland | Catholics |
| Indigenous of North America | American Indians |
| a person who leaves an established church | Religious dissenters |
| unsuccessful 1676 uprising in Virginia against Royal Governor Sir William Berkeley by his young relation Nathaniel Bacon. | Bacon's Rebellion |
| members of a community come together to discuss issues | Town Meetings |
| Profits of the colony are divided between the colonist and invester | Joint Stock Company |
| territories granted by the English Crown to one or more persons who had full governing rights | Proprietary Colony |
| A colony that is subject to direct control by the King, usually has appointed Governor or Vice-Roy | Royal Colony |
| Colonies where the people have authority to make decision for the colony | Self-governing |
| a series of events in Salem, Mass. 1692: accused Witches | Salem Witch Trials |