Lesson 1
Thick sheets of ice.
Glaciers
To develop or to be the first to do something.
Pioneer
The mistreatment or punishment of certain people because of their beliefs.
Persecution
A place where people are protected from danger and trouble.
Haven
To take something away from.
Deprive
Small communities were established.
Settlements
An agreement between nations to aid and protect one another.
Alliance
To come to a firm decision.
Resolve
A regular or average person.
Commoner
A plant used to make a valuable blue dye.
Indigo
A society of people sharing a language,territory, and economy.
Civilization
A legal document giving certain rights to a person or company.
Charter
Morally good behavior or character.
Virtue
A colony under the direct order of the English king or queen.
Royal Colony
People who owed money they could not pay back.
Debtors
Political unit that controls a city and its surrounding land.
City-State
Voters elect representatives to make laws for them.
Representative Government
A willingness to let others practice their own beliefs.
Religious Tolerance
One of the most despised religious groups in England.
Quakers
Living accommodations.
Quarters
Terraces
To indicate or be a sign of.
Signify
The elected representative assembly of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
General Count
A crop sold for money at a market.
Cash Crop
The belief that one race is superior to another.
Racism