| A | B |
|---|
| debtor | person who owes money |
| English Bill of Rights | document that protected English citizens rights |
| Enlightenment | movement that supported belief that reason and scientific method could be applied to the study of society |
| export | shipped to another country |
| import | brought into a country |
| middle class | social groups that included farmers, craftsmen, and tradesmen |
| Proprietary Colony | people who can divide and rent land to others |
| religious tolerance | willingness to let others practice their own beliefs |
| Royal Colony | under direct control of the king |
| slave codes | laws that denied slaves their basic rights |
| racism | the belief that one race is superior to another |
| legislature | people who have the power to make laws |
| Breadbasket Colonies | the Middle Colonies |
| Pennsylvania | colony founded by a Quaker |
| New York | formerly known as New Netherland |
| Rhode Island | first colony to be tolerant of all religious |
| Navigation Acts | tightened control over colonial trade |
| Puritans | left England to practice religion in their own way |
| Roger Williams | people followed him for greater religious freedom |
| Mason-Dixon Line | border between Middle Colonies and Southern Colonies |
| Maryland | colony built so Roman Catholics could practice religion freely |
| Act of Toleration | law that provided religious freedom to all Christians |
| mercantilism | the economic theory which states that a nation becomes strong by strictly controlling trade |
| Massachusetts | colony that set up the first public schools supported by taxes |
| Great Awakening | religious movement that contributed to the growth of democratic ideas and encouraged a spirit of independence |
| New England Colonies | Massachusetts Bay, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island |
| Middle Colonies | New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware |
| Southern Colonies | Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia |
