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