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Unit 2 Lesson 5
Comparing the English Colonies
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| mercantilism | an economic policy in which nations tried to gain wealth by controlling trad and establishing colonies |
| economy | the way a society organizes the manufacture and exchange of things of value, such as money, food, products, and services |
| cash crop | a crop, such as tobacco, sugar, indigo, or cotton, raised in large quantities and sold for profit |
| charter | a formal document issued by the king that outlined a colony's geographic boundaries, without regard to the area's Indigenous inhabitants, and specified how it would be governed |
| democratic | relating to a form of government in which people have power to rule themselves, often through elected representatives |
| Mayflower Compact | an agreement that Pilgrims wrote and signed describing how they would govern themselves in the Americas |
| isolated | separated or set apart from other people or things |
| proprietor | owner |
| guaranteed | to make something sure or certain |
| authorized | to grant permission for something |
| prosperous | wealthy |