| A | B |
|---|
| indentured servant | agrees to work for passage to colonial America for a specified time |
| proprietor | individual receives exclusive rights to colonial land expected to administer land according to Eng. law |
| subsistence farming | farmers produce only enough to feed families |
| naval stores | products used in shipbuilding, tar, pitch, turpentine |
| House of Burgesses | representative assembly in Va., 1st in America |
| Toleration Act of 1649 | offers religious freedom to all Christians in Md. |
| indigo | plant that produced a blue dye , impt cash crop |
| Separatist | dissenters that wanted to form their own churches |
| congregation | church members |
| commonwealth | self-governing political unit of independent states, alliance |
| constitution | plan of gov't, basic principles and laws of nation, guarantees certain rights |
| Mayflower Compact | Pilgrim document, gov't gets power from the people governed |
| General Court | shareholders in Mass. Bay, lawmakers, becomes a representative assembly |
| patroon | landowner in Dutch colonies |
| Glorious Revolution of 1688 | replacement of king of England peaceably, Parliament gains rights |
| Quakers | "society of friends" believes clergy unnecessary, persecuted in England |
| Frame of Government | plan of gov't by Wm Penn, provided for elected assembly |
| gentry | upper class of England |
| Great Awakening | religious revival starts in Mass., leads to more tolerance |
| Enlightenment | interest in science and natural laws in Europe, looks for knowledge by experimentation |
