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| Group of people who get together to make decisions. |
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| Elected representatives to an assembly. |
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| Farm crop raised to be sold for money. |
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| A document that gives the holder the right to organize settlements in an area. |
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| A formal plan of government. |
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| Person or country that owes money. |
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| Upholding or favoring democracy and the interests of the common people. |
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| Disagreement with or opposition to an opinion. |
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| Laborer who agreed to work without pay for a certain period of time in exchange for passage to America. |
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| A company in which investors buy stock on the company in return for a share of its future profits. |
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| A formal document, written in 1620, that provided law and order to the Plymouth colony. |
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| Person opposed to the use of war or violence to settle disputes. |
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| Landowner in the Dutch colonies who ruled like a king over large areas of land. |
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| To treat someone harshly because of that person's beliefs or practices. |
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| Colony run by individuals or groups to who land was granted. |
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| Protestants who, during the 1600s, wanted to reform the Anglican Church. |
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| Buying and selling of African slaves. |
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| Farmer who works land owned by another and pays rent either in cash or crops. |
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| The acceptance of different beliefs. |
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