| A | B |
|---|
| King Charles I | gave Puritans charter to settle in North America |
| covenant | each Puritan "free man" signed this agreement |
| Rhode Island | first European colony in the Americas to allow freedom of religion |
| Metacomet | led a revolt against the English |
| New York | a Dutch colony taken over by the English |
| Pennsylvania | founded by the Quakers |
| William Penn | in 1682 he arrived in N. America with about 100 colonists |
| Middle Colonies | "breadbasket of the colonies" |
| Maryland | a new colony for Catholics |
| Georgia | became a place to send England's debtors |
| debtor | a person who owes money |
| elevation | the height of land above sea level |
| proprietors | the men who owned all the land of a colony |
| relief | the difference in height between land areas |
| tolerate | to allow people to have beliefs that are different from one's own |
