| A | B |
|---|
| toleration | idea created by Roger Williams, willingness to let others practice their own beliefs |
| export | goods sent to market outside of a country |
| backcountry | area in the southern colonies where people led a simple life and were very democratic |
| proprietary colony | land grant in exchange for money and the king's authority (like feudalism) |
| royal colony | colony ruled directly by the king |
| tidewater | area in southern colonies that was very fertile, had a huge variety of wealth, not very democratic |
| pueblo | civilian towns, center of farming and trade |
| presidio | military posts set up to protect the missions |
| mission | settlement set up to convert the Native Americans |
| charter | legal document giving rights to a person or company (ex. right to colonize land) |
| joint stock company | a private trading company that sold shares to investors - made money off of found goods |
| colony | a group of people settled in a distant land who are ruled by the government of their Native Land |
| libel | publishing something that you know is a lie that is harmful to someone else |
| bill of rights | the first ten amendments to the Constitution - guarantee basic rights |
| legislature | the law making part of the government |
| indentured servant | a person who works for a master in exchange for passage to the New World |
| racism | the belief that one race is superior to another |
| natural rights | life, liberty, property, John Locke's idea |
| separation of powers | the division of power into three branches of government |
| divine right | the right to rule that comes from God |
