| A | B |
| charter | official document that gives certain rigts to person |
| representative government | poitica system in whjch voters elect others to make laws |
| pilgrim | person who takes a religious journy |
| toleration | recognition that other people have the right to different oppinions |
| town meeting | meeting in colonal new england during which settlers discussed and voted on issues;form a direct democracy in which residents meet to make decisions for the community |
| proprietary colony | english colony in which the king gave land to one or more proporties, or owners, in exchange for yearly payment |
| royal colony | colony under direct control of the englich crown |
| backcountry | frontier region located along the easteern slop of the appalachian mountains |
| debator | person who cannot pay his or her debets |
| plantation | large estate farmed by many workers |
| borderland | land along a frontier |
| presidio | military post where soldiers lived in spanish colonies |
| pueblo | town in the spanish colonies; anasazi village |