| A | B |
| buffer | an area of land that serves as a barrier |
| mission | a small religious community |
| royal colony | a colony ruled by a king |
| proprietary colony | a colony owned and ruled by one person who is NOT the king |
| charter | a document giving a person or a group of people the official approval to take a certain action |
| refuge | a safe place |
| immigrant | a person who comes to live in a country from his or her home country |
| indigo | a plant from which a blue dye is made |
| St. Augustine | the first permanent European settlement in North America |
| conflicts over the fur trade changed the way New France was ruled because... | the King declared New France to be a royal colony |
| tobacco | the main cash crop because it brought in lots of money |
| The Puritans | people who didn't agree withthe rules of England, and they settled in Massachusetts |
| The Fundamental Orders | the first written system of the government in North America |
| New York City | the city that grew from the Dutch capital of New Amsterdam |