| A | B |
| Indigo | blue dye from a plant used to dye material, etc |
| Slavery | the practice of enslaving/putting one into bondage to work for an owner/master |
| Cash crops | a crop that is grown for a profit – to make money – cotton, corn, etc. |
| Dissent | to disagree with leadership/government |
| Persecute | to oppress/harass for religion, beliefs,etc. |
| Puritan | religious group that wants to purify the church |
| Separatist | one who wanted to get away from the Church of England |
| Pilgrim | Came over on the Mayflower looking for religious freedom |
| Toleration | to put up with |
| Religious freedom | to be able to believe/worship as you please |
| Benefit | it is good, an advantage |
| Import | to bring into a country |
| Export | to send out of a country |
| Jurisdiction | the area in which the law is enforced |
| Manufacturing | to make an item in mass quantities |
| Lumber/timber | wood from trees used to make houses, barns, etc. |
| Commerce | business |
| Chartered | a document that details how |
| Accused | to be blamed or charged with a crime, etc |
| Relocating | to move somewhere else |
| Region | area of land in a given area |
| Subsistence | to survive |
| Profitable | to make more money than was spent in investing |
| Production | to make something in large quantity |
| Proprietary colony | royal colony ruled by a governing body, ex: England sent over colonists to start a colony for them |
| Pacifist | someone who believes in peace, does not want to fight or go to war |
| Quaker | member of the Religious Society of Friends |
| Natural resources | materials that occur in the land since time began…ex: coal, water, timber, etc. |
| Raw materials | something that has not been processed or made into another item |
| Indentured servant | someone who agrees to be anothers’ slave for a period of time in return for money, passage to a new world, etc. |
| Debtor | someone who owes money |
| Tenant farmer | one who farms land owned by another |
| Agriculture | dealing with farming, raising livestock, etc. |