| A | B |
| Mercantilism | when a nation uses colonies to provide raw materials for thier manufacturing. |
| Republic | when people pick representatives to run the government. |
| Democracy | when the people control thier government. |
| Royal Charter | a colony controlled directly by the king. |
| Self-Governing Charter | when the people control a colony. |
| Proprietary Charter | when a colony is given to an individual to run. |
| Joint-stock Charter | when a company or group of merchants control a colony. |
| Anglicans | the church that was under the King of England. |
| Quakers | a religion that was against slavery and tolerated other beliefs. |
| Puritans | a very strict religious group. |
| Plantations | large farms where laborers harvested cash crops. |
| Indentured servants | people who came to work in exchange for thier passage to America. |
| Columbian Exchange | the exchange of products between the Americas and Europe. |
| Slaves | individuals who were forced to come to America and work mostly on plantations. |
| Governor | the person who ran the colony for the King. |