| A | B |
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| Puritan | a person in the 1600s in England who thought the English should be made :pure" |
| separatist | a person who wished to separate from the Church of England |
| Pilgrim | a person who travels for religious reasons |
| Mayflower Compact | an agreement to obey the rules of Plymouth Colony, signed aboard the Mayflower |
| charter | an official paper in which rights are given by a government to a person or company |
| delegate | a representative |
| meeting house | a building used for both public and religious meetings |
| common | land available for use by all people of a village or town |
| apprentice | a person who works in return for instruction, room and board, or payment |
| primer | a simple book for teaching reading to beginners |
| majority rule | rule by more than half the population |
| direct democracy | a principle of American government that allows citizens to participate in making laws |
| work ethic | a belief in working hard |
| export | to ship a product to another country to sell it there |
| cash crop | something that is grown for profit |
| indentured servant | a person who sold his or her services for a certain period of time in exchange for free passage to America |
| buffer zone | an area of safety between people in conflict |
| plantation | a large farm where one main crop is grown |
| immune | to be protected from an illness because of previous exposure to it |
| dugout canoe | a boat that is made by hollowing out a log |
| staple crop | the most important crop grown in an area |
| legislative | a group of people who make laws |
| veto | to reject a proposed law |
| represent | to ant and speak for another in a lawmaking body |
| Frame of Government | William Penn's plan for the government of the Pennsylvania colony |
| Iroquios League | a political union of five, and later six, Iroquois nations who were governed by a council of chiefs |
| grsitmill | a structure where grain is ground into flour |
| cooper | a person who makes or repairs wooded barrels, tubs, or cakes |
| cultural borrowing | the exchange of ideas, languages, customs, and ways of doing things among different groups of people |
| Quaker | a member of a religious society whose beliefs include equality and nonviolence |
| pacifist | a person who does not believe in fighting or going to war |
| hornbook | a piece of wood with the letters of the alphabet, often protected by a thin layer of transparent horn |
| gorge | a narrow pass or valley between steep heights |
| tributary | a stream or river that flows into a larger one |
