13 Colonies Vocab

Front

Investor

Back

Provides money to start a business

Front

Cash Crop

Back

Crop grown to sell for profit

Front

Indentured servant

Back

Poor person who worked for someone who paid their travel to a colony.

Front

Debtor

Back

A person who owes money to another.

Front

Buffer

Back

A barrier

Front

Dissenter

Back

People who disagree

Front

Tolerance

Back

Acceptance of others' beliefs

Front

Subsistence farming

Back

To grow enough food for personal needs.

Front

Mayflower Compact

Back

An agreement to form a government

Front

Proprietary colony

Back

Colony governed by landowners.