Crops grown in large quantities and sold for profit (tobacco, sugar, cotton)

An elected group of law makers

Ruled by the people. Citizens elect people to make and carry out laws

The business of capturing and selling people as slaves

Person who agrees to work for a master for a period of years under contract in order to pay for trip to colonies

Treatment of people as property for the purpose of forcing them to do labor

Economic theory stating colonies should benefit the mother country and countries should focus on gaining gold

Exchange of people, goods, ideas, and diseases between Europe (Old World) and the Americas (New World)

3 Part trade route between Colonies, Africa, and Europe

New settlement or territory established and governed by another country

A people's way of life and beliefs

An area where people share a similar language and culture

To move from one place to another to make a home

Useful materials found in nature

All the physical characteristics of a place