Matching Pairs Colonial Era VocabularyOnline version Find the correct definition for each vocabulary word. by TANIA ZAGAL 1 Representative Government 2 Legislature 3 Mercantilism 4 Enslaved population 5 Southern Colonies 6 Virginia House of Burgesses 7 Plantation System 8 Cash Crop People that are considered property and often used as forced labor An assembly of representatives with the authority to make and write laws. Trade that benefits the “mother country” Colonial region in which slaves were used to grow cash crops A large scale agricultural operation in which slaves were used to grow cash crops First representative government in the colonies A system by which people elect delegates to make laws and conduct government A crop sold for money