| A | B |
|---|
| Puritans | English Protestants who wanted to purify the Church of England |
| Pilgrims | English Protestant who wanted to separate from the Church of England |
| Tobacco | Cash crop that saved Jamestown |
| Quaker | Pacifist; no slavery, no war, religious freedom |
| William Penn | Quaker that established Pennsylvania; peaceful |
| Roger Williams | Puritan banished from Massachusetts Bay Colony; founded Rhode Island |
| Anne Hutchinson | Banished by the Puritans for holding devotional meetings; fled to Rhode Island |
| Mercantilism | Colonies and trade are strictly controlled to benefit the economy of the Mother Country |
| Transatlantic Slave Trade | Trade route that exchanged goods between Europe, Africa and the Americas. |
| Magna Carta | Document signed by the English King in 1215 that limited his powers. |
| Mayflower Compact | Created by the Pilgrims in 1620; Agreement that established majority rule. |
| Fundamental Orders of Connecticut | First written constitution; plan for government written based on speeches by Thomas Hooker. |
| Thomas Hooker | Founded Connecticut; inspired Fundamental Orders of Connecticut |
| Navigation Acts | Passed by Parliament to control trade; supported mercantilism |
| Parliament | 2 House legislature - representative government in England |
| English Bill of Rights | Passed in 1689 and guaranteed the basic rights for the citizens of England |
| Town Meetings | New England church members that met to discuss matters of government; white men that were elected |
| House of Burgesses | Created in 1619; first elected representative assembly |
| Representative | Elected to represent or speak on the behalf of the people in a particular group |
| Manufactured Goods | Products made by machinery from raw materials |
| Plymouth | Settled by the Pilgrims of the Mayflower; created the Mayflower Compact |
| Jamestown | First permanent English settlement in America |
| James Oglethorpe | Created Georgia as a colony for debtors and convicts; the poor |
| Pacifist | Against war and violence |
