| A | B |
|---|
| Persecuted | Suffered because of their beliefs (religious, social, or political) |
| Indentured Servant | When a person who cannot afford to go to the new world agrees to work in a wealthy person's home in exchange for passage |
| Colony | A new settlement established and governed by a country in another land |
| Cash crop | Tobacco, rice, indigo, cotton |
| Headright System | For every new colonist brought to the America each person would receive land |
| Charter | Document granting permission to settle in a specific geographic area |
| Democracy | System of government where the people have a voice in government |
| Slavery | System of forced labor where a person is denied freedoms and treated as property |
| Tolerance | To put up with |
| Plantation | Large area of land where crops are grown (usually cash crops) and worked on by laborers that live on the property |
| Mayflower Compact | An agreement between the Pilgrims on how to govern their colony |
| House of Burgesses | Government established in 1619 in Jamestown to allow for the people to have a voice |
| Joint Stock Company | A group of investors that decreases the risk involved to finance a colony |
