Colonialism Vocabulary

a country or area under the full or partial political control of another country, typically a distant one, and occupied by settlers from that country

• Charter

• Headright System

• Plantation

• Colony

Businesses in which investors pool their wealth for a common purpose

• Colony

• Tyranny

• Joint-Stock Company

• Debtor

A constitution/Agreement to set up a colony between settlers and the British monarch

• Charter

• Colony

• Indentured Servant

• Cash Crop

A crop grown by a farmer for sale rather than for personal use

• Headright System

• Royal Colony

• Cash Crop

• Plantation

A person who has contracted to work for a limited period, often in return for travel expenses, shelter, or sustenance

• Mercantilism

• Proprietary Colony

• Debtor

• Indentured Servant

A large farm on which the labor of slaves or other workers is used to grow a single crop, such as sugar cane or cotton

• Indentured Servant

• Plantation

• Joint-Stock Company

• Cash Crop

The Virginia Company’s policy of granting 50 acres of land to each settler and to each family member who accompanied him

• Joint-Stock Company

• Headright System

• Tyranny

• Mercantilism

Cruel and oppressive government or rule

• Colony

• Charter

• Indentured Servant

• Tyranny

An economic system in which nations seek to increase their wealth and power by obtaining large amounts of gold and silver by establishing a favorable balance of trade

• Plantation

• Joint-Stock Company

• Colony

• Mercantilism

Colony under direct control of the English monarch

• Royal Colony

• Proprietary Colony

• Charter