| A | B |
|---|
| Puritans | wanted to reform the Church of England; strict |
| Great Migration | the movement of 20,000 people from England to Massachusetts |
| General Court | an assembly of representatives in Massachusetts |
| Fundamental Orders of Connecticut | set up a government; gave voting rights to all male property owners and limited the government |
| toleration | willingness to let others practice their own beliefs |
| Pequots | Indians |
| patroons | owners of manors in New Netherlands |
| proprietary colony | the king gave land to people in exchange for money |
| Quakers | Protestant reformers |
| Act of Toleration | provided religious freedom for all Christians |
| mercantilism | belief that colonies exist only to benefit the mothercountry |
| imports | goods brought into a country |
| exports | goods sent to markets outside a country |
| enumerated articles | items from the Colonies that could be sold only to England |
| Dominion of New England | a combined area of all the colonies from New Jersey to Massachusetts |
| English Bill of Rights | protected the rights of individuals |
| legislature | a group of people with power to make laws |
| indentured servant | promised to work for no wages for four to seven years, in return for passage across the Atlantic |
| emigrate | leave a country and settle elsewhere |
