| A | B |
|---|
| plantation | a very large farm |
| ally | partner |
| hacienda | large Spanish home |
| presidio | a Spanish fort |
| mission | a religious settlement |
| borderlands | areas of land on or near the edge of colonies |
| raw material | a resource that can be used to make a product |
| stock | part ownership in a business |
| cashcrop | a crop that is grown to make money |
| profit | money that is left over after all costs have been paid |
| indentured servants | people who agreed to work without pay for a length of time in order to pay off the cost of their trip to the New World |
| legislature | lawmaking branch of the government |
| represent | to speak for others |
| royal colony | a colony owned by the king |
| slavery | the practice of holding people against their will and making them work without pay |
| pilgrim | a person who makes a journey for religious reasons |
| compact | agreement |
| self-government | a system of government in which people make their own laws |
| colony | land ruled by another country |
| demand | desire |
| supply | amount of a good that is offered for sale |
| majority rule | the political idea that the majority of an organized group should have the power to make decisions for the whole group |
