Colonial America vocabulary (25-26)

A settlement ruled by another country

• Colony

• Government

• Economy

• Cash Crop

The system used to make and enforce laws in a colony, state, or country

• Government

• Slavery

• Cash Crop

• Colony

A group of people who meet to discuss and vote on laws

• Assembly

• Free Enterprise System

• Government

• Economy

A person chosen to speak or make decisions for others

• Representative

• Natural Resource

• Economy

• Assembly

The way people make and use money and resources

• Plantation

• Economy

• Slavery

• Colony

An economic system where people can start businesses and compete freely

• Free Enterprise System

• Representative

• Industry

• Colony

Businesses that make goods or provide services

• Industry

• Economy

• Assembly

• Plantation

Something from nature people use like wood or land

• Agriculture

• Plantation

• Colony

• Natural Resource

Farming, including crops and animals

• Cash Crop

• Industry

• Plantation

• Agriculture

A large farm where crops like tobacco or cotton are grown

• Plantation

• Economy

• Government

• Free Enterprise System