A | B |
charter | document that permitted colonists to settle on land claimed by their ruler |
stock | shares in a company sold to raise money for the company |
cash crop | crop grown for profit |
indentured servant | person who agreed to work for someone for a certain amount of time in exchange for the cost of the ocean voyage to North America |
House of Burgesses | first law-making assemby in an English colony |
Northwest Passage | waterway connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans |
Pilgrim | person who journeys for religious reasons |
Separatist | person who wanted to separate from the Church of England |
persecution | unjust treatment to a person because of his beliefs |
Mayflower Compact | Pilgrims' written plan of government for their colony |
Puritan | group from England who wanted to purify the Church of England |
dissenter | a person whose views differ from others' |
proprietor | owner |
debtor | person who owes money |