| A | B |
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| representative government | Larger groups are represented in government bodies by one person or a small group of people. |
| population density | Measurement of population per unit area. |
| agriculture | Science or practice of farming, including cultivation of the soil for the growing of crops and the rearing of animals to provide food, wool, and other products. |
| indentured servant | People paid for their passage to the New World (Americas) by working for an employer for a certain number of years. |
| cash crops | Crop produced for sale rather than for use by the grower. |
| plantation | A large farm. |
| colonial era | Development of the thirteen American colonies between 1620 and 1776. |
| colonization | Act of setting up a colony away from one's place of origin. |
| mercantilism | Trade generates wealth. |
| charter | Document granting the right to settle a colony. |
