| A | B |
|---|
| cash crop | a crop that is grown to be sold |
| subsistence farmer | growing only enough food for a farm family’s own use |
| proprietary colony | a colony given by the British King to another person |
| assembly | a body of persons gathered together for common interest |
| girdling | removing bark from around the tree in order to kill it |
| bread basket colonies | American colonies where wheat was the chief cash crop |
| tidewater | fertile lowlands on the coastal plain |
| council | was made up of leading citizens in the colony |
| charter | a document that establishes a company or colony |
| executive | enforces and carries out the law |
| veto | the legal right to reject a law |
| legislature | the law making body of a government |
| Bacon's Rebellion | an armed conflict between farmers and wealthy landowners |
| libel | a false statement that injures another person’s reputation |
