Lesson 5 The English Colonies Vocabulary

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authorized

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to grant permission for something

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cash crop

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a crop, such as tobacco, sugar, or cotton, raised in large quantities and sold for profit

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charter

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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

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democratic

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relating to a form of government in which people have power to rule themselves, often through elected representatives

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economy

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the way a society organizes the manufacture and exchange of things of value, such as money, food, products, and services

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guaranteed

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to make something sure or certain

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isolated

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separated or set apart from other people or things

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Mayflower Compact

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an agreement that Pilgrims wrote and signed describing how they would govern themselves in the Americas

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mercantilism

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an economic policy in which nations tried to gain wealth by controlling trade and establishing colonies

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proprietor

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owner