| A | B |
|---|
| libel | printing statements that damage a person's good name |
| militia | citizens trained to fight in an emergency |
| racism | the belief that one race of people is superior to another |
| revival | a renewed interest in religion |
| tyranny | the harsh use of powerful rulers |
| prejudice | a bad opinion of people based only on such factors as religion, nationality or appearance |
| Tidewater | waterways in the Atlantic coastal plain affected by the tide |
| literacy | the ability to read and write |
| cash crops | crops that are raised to be sold for a profit |
| subsistence farming | raising just enough food to survive on, with perhaps a little surplus to sell |
| imports | products brought in from another country to be sold |
| corporate colonies | King gives group of investors charter to found and govern a colony for profit purposes |
| proprietary colonies | king gives individual charter to found and govern colony. King claims percent of the profit |
| royal colonies | by 1775 most colonies were one of these, with a governor appointed by the King |
