A | B |
life expectancy | the number of years a person is expected to live, as predicted by statistics |
indentured servant | a person who agreed to provide five to seven years of unpaid labor in return for free passage across the ocean, food, clothing, and shelter |
plantation | a large farm where one crop is grown, which includes the home of the owner and residences for workers |
House of Burgesses | a law-making body in colonia Virginia |
representative | an elected member of a lawmaking body |
council | a group of people called together to give advice |
rebel | a person who uses force to oppose a government or another authority |
slavery | a system in which people are owned by other people; they work without pay and have no rights |
export | a product grown for sale and not for the farmer's own use |
cash crop | a product grown for sale rather than for the planter's own use |