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| John Rolfe | English settler; first cultivator of tobacco as export |
| Thomas Hooker | Founder of Connecticut |
| William Bradford | Separatist leader of Plymouth colony |
| Jonathan Edwards | Great Awakening minister; Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God |
| 1619 | Plymouth; Mass. Bay Colony |
| John Winthrop | Governor of Massachusetts colony |
| George Whitefield | Preacher in Britain and America during Great Awakening |
| Roger Williams | Religious dissenter; started new religious colony |
| Anne Hutchinson | Other religious dissenter who was exiled for beliefs |
| Nathaniel Bacon | Bacon's Rebellion |
| Fundamental Orders of Conn. | First constitution in colonies |
| Mayflower Compact | First order of self-government |
| Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God | Sermon by J. Edwards about soul and hell |
| Jamestown | Founded 1607 by joint-stock company |
| Bacon's Rebellion | Uprising of poor folk caused by "too lenient" Native American policies |
| New England Confederation | Organization of Puritans united against Native Americans |
| King Philip's War | 1675-76; New England colonists vs. Native Americans |
| Dominion of New England | Failed attempt to unify colonies into one region; 1686-89 |
| Great Awakening | 1720; Religious revival that started in colonies and spread to Europe |
| Virginia House of Burgesses | Assembly for purpose of representative self-government |
| Albany Plan of Union (Albany Congress) | 1754; Purpose was to achieve greater colonial unity, thus bolstering defense against France |
| Mercantilism | Economic system; wealth=power, country's value can be measured in gold or silver |
| Half-Way Covenant | Children of Puritans were members of church without engaging in full communion |
