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English colonies
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Authorize | To Grant permission for something |
| Cash Crops | a crop, such as tobacco, sugar, and cotton, raised in large quantities and sold for profit |
| Charter | a formal document issued by the king that outlined a colony’s geographic boundaries and specified how it would be governed |
| Democratic | ruled by the people. In a democracy, citizens elect representatives to make and carry out laws. |
| Economy | the way a society organizes the manufacture and exchange of things of value, such as money, food, products, and services |
| Guaranteed | to make something sure or certain |
| Isolated | separated or set apart from other people or things |
| Mayflower Compact | an agreement that Pilgrims wrote and signed describing how they would govern themselves in the Americas |
| Mercantilism | an economic policy in which nations tried to gain wealth by controlling trade and establishing colonies |
| Proprietor | Owner |
| Slave Trade | the business of capturing, transporting, and selling people to force them into enslavement |