| A | B |
| cash crop | products grown for a profit |
| settler colony | territory governed by the homeland |
| viceroy | royal representatives who ruled foreign territories |
| encomienda system | used in Spain, gave landowners the right to use labor of Native Americans who lived on the land |
| tenant farmer | a person who paid rent and worked a fixed number of days each year for landowners |
| coureurs debois | french fur trappers |
| charter | written agreement that promises rights and freedoms to it's members |
| representative assembly | Type of government used in English colonies that was set up like Parliament |
| colonialism | building of settlements in other lands |
| migration | movement of people |