| A | B |
|---|
| Puritans | Protestants who came to New England to seek freedom of religion |
| covenant | a special promise between a person and God |
| tolerate | allow people to have beliefs different from your own |
| massacre | brutal, bloody killing of many people |
| Quakers | religous group settling in the Middle Colonies who believed you should "quake" before the power of the Lord |
| cooperation | when two or more groups work together |
| proprietors | men who owned all of the land of the colony |
| debtors | people who owe money |
| confederacy | group of countries, states, or people who join for a common purpose |
| indigo | plant that producs a blue dye |
| United States of America | what the original 13 colonies eventually became |
| New England Colonies | Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Vermont, Connecticut, New Hampshire |
| Middle Colonies | New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware |
| Southern Colonies | Virginia, Maryland, North and South Carolina, Georgia |
| where public education started | New England Colonies |
| the breadbasket of the colonies | Middle Colonies |
| settled mostly for farming the land | Southern Colonies |
