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

a formal document issued by the king that outlined a colony's geographic boundaries and specified how it would be governed

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

an estate on which crops such as coffee, sugar, and tobacco are grown typically by indentured or slave labor.

the business of capturing, transporting, and selling people as slaves

Colonists who received free passage to North America in exchange for working without pay for a certain number of years - usually 7 years.

Protestant Christians who believed in the equality of all people and were against war and violence

Also known as "The Separatist," these English Puritans set out to make perfect society in America and founded Plymouth in 1620.

Considered to be the first written constitution in the United States, it set up a plan of government for Connecticut.

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

Ruled by the people. Citizens elect representatives to make and carry out laws.

An agreement made in 1215 listing the rights granted by King John to all free men of the kingdom.

An act passed by Parliament in 1689 that limited the monarch’s power to make laws or impose taxes. It gave Parliament, ALONE, the power to make taxes or pass laws.