| A | B |
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| Mercantilism | Economic theory that a nation's strength came from building up gold supplies and expanding its trade |
| Colony | Group of people settled in a distant land who are ruled by the government of their native land |
| Pilgrim | Fled England due to religious persecution, wanted total seperation from the Church of England |
| Representative Government | System of government in which voters elect representatives to make laws for them |
| Slave code | Laws that controlled the behavior of slaves and denied them basic rights |
| Import | Trade good brought into a country |
| Export | Trade goods sent to markets outside the country |
| Toleration | Willingness to let others practice their own beliefs |
| Cash crop | Surplus of crops sold for money on the world market |
| Subsistence farming | farming whose products are intended to provide for the basic needs of the farmer, with little surplus for marketing |
| House of Burgesses | Representative assembly in colonial Virginia |
| Mayflower Compact | Agreement signed by Pilgrims before they landed at Plymouth. Helped create a government that would benefit the colony |
| Plantation | Large estate farmed by many workers |
