A crop raised for sale in markets

A document granting the holder the right to settle a colony

The democratic ideas, practices, and values that are at the heart of citizenship in a free society

A detailed written plan for a government; a list of basic laws that support a government

Person or country that owes money

Variety, such as of ethnic or national groups

A 50-acre grant of land given to colonial settlers who paid their own way

Laborer who agrees to work without pay for a certain period of time in exchange for passage to America

An economic theory that a nation’s power depends on its ability to increase wealth by increasing exports and receiving precious metals

People opposed to the use of war or violence to settle disputes

Landowner in the Dutch colonies who ruled over large areas of land

Rules focusing on the behavior and punishment of enslaved people; laws in Southern states that controlled enslaved people

Producing just enough to meet immediate needs

Pattern of trade that developed in colonial times among the Americas, Africa, and Europe