| A | B |
|---|
| Joint stock company | company backed by investors, people who put money into the project to earn money. |
| indentured servants | men and women who sold their labor to a person who in return paid their passage to the colony. |
| proprietary colony | colony that is owned by one or more individuals. |
| royal colony | ruled by governors appointed by the king. |
| subsistence farming | produced just enough food for themselves and maybe some to trade in town. |
| smuggling | importing or exporting goods illegally. |
| cash crops | crops raised to be sold for money. |
| gristmill | mills used to crush grain once harvested. |
| diversity | variety in people (cultural & racial) |
| artisans | craftspeople |
| indigo | a plant that yields a deep blue dye (plantation crop) |
| overseers | men hired by planters to oversee the work of slaves. The supervisors. |
| piedmont | foot of the mountains. |
| clans | large groups of families. |
