| A | B |
|---|
| agriculture | raising livestock and growing crops |
| colony | a group of settlers in a distant land under the rule of their native land |
| economic | the distribution, earning, and spending of money? |
| Mayflower Compact | agreement in 1620 that the Pilgrims made for self-government in Plymouth colony |
| mercantilism | economic system where a colony provided raw materials to the mother country and served as a market for the finished goods |
| religious freedom | the right to practice one's religious beliefs without interference from the government? |
| representative government | a government in which the people elect delegates to run their government? |
| self - government | government by the people of a place rather than government imposed on a place from afar |
| Virginia House of Burgesses | 1619, the first representative government in the colonies |
| Jamestown, Virginia | 1607, 1st permanent English colony in America |
| John Smith | took control of the Jamestown colony and saved it. |
| Northwest Passage | route European countries hoped to find through North America to the spice islands. |
| Fundamental Orders of Connecticut | written in 1639 by Thomas Hooker considered the first written Constitution in America. |
| Roger Williams | founded Rhode Island and established the idea of separation of church and state |
| Anne Hutchinson | chased out of Massachusetts by the Puritans for disagreeing with the church. She settled in Rhode Island. |
| Region | An area defined by common characteristics |
| indentured servants | labor force used in the colonies in the 1600's |
| slaves | labor force used in colonies after 1600's |
| charter | contract given to someone to establish a colony |
| exploration | travel for the purpose of discovery |
| colonization | setting up a place to live away from place of orgin |
| John Locke | enlightenment philosopher, belived that personal liberties could co exist with political order |
| Charles de Montesquieu | wrote of separation of powers |
| William Penn | Quaker, founded Pennsylvania, allowed for the creation of an elected legislature |
