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