| A | B |
|---|
| colony | land ruled by another country |
| plantations | large farms |
| slavery | holding & forcing people to work without pay |
| borderlands | lands on the edge of Spain's claim |
| presidios | forts |
| missions | religious settlements |
| haciendas | large homes or estates |
| raw materials | resource used to make a product |
| stock | part ownership in a business |
| cash crop | a crop that people grow to sell |
| profit | money left over after costs have been paid |
| indentured servants | people who agreed to work without pay for a length of time |
| legislature | lawmaking branch of the government |
| represent | speak for |
| royal colony | king owned the colony |
| pilgrim | person who makes a journey for religious reasons |
| compact | agreement |
| self-government | people make their own laws |
| majority rule | if more than half the people agree, it is law |
