| A | B |
|---|
| agriculture | the business of farming |
| cash crop | a crop that is grown to be sold for profit |
| charter | an official document giving a person permission to do something |
| debtor | a person who owes money |
| export | to send goods to other countries for sale or use |
| free enterprise | an economic system in which people can own property and businesses and are free to decide what to make |
| frontier | land at the edge of a settlement |
| House of Burgesses | the lawmaking body of Virginia |
| import | to bring goods from another country for sale or use |
| indentured servant | a person who agreed to work for someone for a fixed amount of time to pay for an ocean voyage |
| indigo | a plant that is used to produce a blue dye |
| industry | all the businesses that make one kind of product or provide one kind of service |
| plantation | a large farm that often grows one crop |
| proprietor | a person who owns a property or business |
| overseer | a person hired to be the boss of a plantation |
| slave codes | rules made by colonial planters that controlled the lives of enslaved Africans |
| stock | shares of ownership in a company |
| triangular trade | the three-sided trade route between Africa, the West Indies, and New England |
