A | B |
Atlantic Coast | where 13 colonies were located |
corporate colonies | colonies formed by investors for profit |
Atlantic Ocean | body of water English settlers crossed to get to North America |
Jamestown | 1st permanent settlement |
Proprietary | colonies ruled by friends of king |
Royal colony | colony ruled by the King |
Roanoke | lost colony |
charter | legal document giving rights to company to settle land |
protestants | people (Christians) who protested Catholic religion and formed new religions |
Appalachian Mts | physical barrier that separated 1st settlers to rest of US |