| A | B |
| immigrant | a person who travels from one country to live in another |
| England | Most people came from this country to live in the American colonies |
| African-Americans | This is the second largest group to come to the colonies |
| indentured servants | They came for the opportunity to own land at the end of their service of work |
| farming | Most immigrants came to do this job |
| Ben Franklin | He sped up the delivery of mail |
| Borrowed ideas | log cabin, conestoga wagon, languages |
| self-government | colonists had a say in making laws by choosing their leaders, or representatives |
| Parliament | The English form of self-government |
| Four groups not able to vote in 1750 | White men who did not own land, women, African-Americans, Indians |
| Governors | Had the final say in making (approving and disapproving laws) |
| Two things colonists were not allowed to manufacture | hats and iron goods |
| jury | a group of people who decide whether a person is guilty or innocent in a court case |