| A | B |
|---|
| dissenter | a person whose views differ from others |
| stock | shares in a company often sold to raise money for the collection |
| Mayflower Compact | Pilgrims' written plan of government for their colony |
| cash crop | crop grown for profit |
| Northwest Passage | waterway connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans |
| debtor | A person who owes money |
| indentured servant | a person who agrees to work for a certain amount of time in exchange for the cost of the ocean voyage to America |
| Puritans | a group from England who wanted to reform or change the Church of England |
| Separatist | a person who wanted to separate from the Church of England |
| proprietor | owner of land |
| House of Burgesses | the first law-making body in an English colony |
| charter | document that allowed colonists to settle on land claimed by their ruler |
| pilgrim | person who takes a journey for religious reasons |
| persecution | unjust treatment to a person because of his/her belief |
