| A | B |
|---|
| Georgia | founded by James Oglethorpe as a haven for debtors |
| Tidewater | fertile coastal plain area in South |
| tobacco | Virginia's cash crop |
| backcountry | frontier area where poorer whites without land were pushed |
| King Philip/Metacom | led Native Americans to war against New England settlers |
| Nathaniel Bacon | led poor whites in rebellion against wealthy Virginia planters |
| John Winthrop | leader of Puritans, founded Massachusetts Bay as "city upon a hill" |
| Lord Baltimore | established Maryland |
| Maryland | offered religious toleration to all CHRISTIANS |
| Rhode Island | no established religion - safe for people of all faiths |
| rice | labor-intensive Southern crop |
| Pennsylvania "Dutch" | German immigrants who settled backcountry in Middle Colonies |
| Quakers | Christians who believed all people had a direct link with God |
| Pennsylvania | the "holy experiment" of religious and national toleration |
| New York | captured from the Dutch by King Charles II's brother James |
| Puritans | group who founded Massachusetts Bay |
| Mayflower Compact | early document claiming right for colonists to govern themselves |
| House of Burgesses | first example of representative government in North America |
| Powhatan | initially helped Jamestown colonists, then stopped when they raided his lands |
| charter | a document that grants rights to a person or company |
