| A | B |
|---|
| a religious group who wanted a simpler form of worship | Puritans |
| a willingness to let others practice their own beliefs | tolerance |
| meeting that were held in the New England colonies to discuss issues and to vote on them | town meetings |
| to harass or torment with the purpose of harming someone | persecute |
| a person who own a huge estate that was granted by the Dutch government | patroon |
| lands placed by the king into the hands of a person or gorup for personal use or to rent to others | proprietary colony |
| a colony under control of the English crown | royal colony |
| Protestant reformers who believed that all people are equal under God | Quakers |
| crops that are grown and are sold for money | cash crops |
| a person who owes money but could not pay it back | debtor |
| a plant that is used to make a valuable blue dye | indigo |
| laws that controlled the behavior of slaves and denied them basic rights | slave codes |
| a belief that one race of people is better than another | racism |
| an imaginary line that separates the Middle & Southern colonies | Mason-Dixon Line |
| large farms in the southern colonies | plantations |
| the owners of plantations who were wealthy | Planters |
| goods that are sent to markets outside of a country | exports |
| goods that are brought into a country | import |
| an economic theory that calls for a country to export more than it imports | mercantilism |
| a group of people who make the laws | legislature |
| a person who signed a contract to work without pay for 4 - 7 years for anyone who would pay for passage to America | indentured servant |
| a movement based on a belief in reason & scientific methods | Enlightenment |
| a time period where people were more interested in religion | the Great Awakening |
