Life in the Colonies Vocabulary

prisoners; people held against their will

• merchants

• captives

• indentured servants

• delegates

crops such as tobacco, rice, and cotton that were produced on plantations and made lots of money

• corsets

• livestock

• debt

• cash crops

a document from the king giving land to the colonists

• charter

• government

• refuge

• council

group of people who give advice

• plantation

• captives

• council

• settlement

money owed to someone

• cash crops

• ratify

• profit

• debt

people chosen to go to a meeting and represent others

• captives

• delegates

• council

• indentured servants

chosen by people through voting

• exported

• founded

• elected

• Navigation Acts

to ship goods to other countries

• exported

• founded

• elected

• merchants

to set up a colony

• indigo

• founded

• profit

• ratify

the people and organizations that run a country

• Navigation Acts

• livestock

• council

• government