| A | B |
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| colony | A settlement ruled by a distant country |
| hacienda | A plantation or a large ranch owned by Spanish colonists |
| mission | A settlement of missionaries |
| charter | A written agreement giving someone the right to establish a colony |
| invest | To put money into a business in the hope of earning a profit |
| Indentured servant | A person who agreed to work for a certain number of years in return for passage to America, food, clothing, and shelter |
| Puritan | A Protestant during the 16th and 17th centuries who wanted to change the Church of England |
| Separatist | Puritans who wanted to leave the Church of England |
| Pilgrim | A person who travels to a sacred place; a Puritan who left England to settle in Plymouth Colony |
| Missionary | Someone who travels to a foreign country to do religious work |
