| A | B |
|---|
| Joint Stock company | Joint Stock company |
| John Smith | friendship with Pochahontas, took charge and showed English men if they did not work they did not get food. |
| headright system | any man who paid his way to Virginia would get 50 acres of land for himself and another 50 for every person he brought with him. |
| indentured servants | : in return for their passage they agreed to work for someone for a specified number of years, usually 7, after that they were free |
| burgesses | representatives |
| Puritans | wanted to purify the Anglican Church |
| Separatists | formed independent congregations with their own ministers, had to meet in secret since James I was determined to punish those who did not follow the Anglican form of worship |
| Pilgrims | group that crowded aboard the Mayflower and once again raised the anchor |
| Mayflower Compact | written agreement among the passengers of the Mayflower providing for self-government under the majority rule of the adult male voters |
| John Wintrhop | governing officer of the Massachusetts Bay Company, Puritan |
| Proprietary colonies | persons receiving the charter were the proprietors, or owners, of the colony and could collect rents from settlers |
| Roger Williams | founded Rhode Island, Separatists minister |
| Anne Hutchinson | banned from Boston for leading religious discussions in her home, she found refuge in Rhode Island. |
| Sir George Calvert | was given Maryland and gave it the name but died when the charter was being processed. |
| Lord Balitmore | organized expedition that left for Chespeake Bay in 1633 |
| Toleration Act | provided for freedom of worship but was appealed after antagonism grew |
| William Penn | was given Pennsylvania as a gift, every male was given 50 acres of land, gave right to vote to all adult males, separate assembly for 3 southern counties along Delaware Bay |
| Quaker | radical religious and social group of Protestants |
| James Oglethorpe | social reformer, wanted to establish a refuge for people who had been imprisoned for nonpayment of debts |
