Plantation System: A system in which large agricultural estates, called plantations, were worked by enslaved people for the production of cash crops such as rice and indigo.
Indentured Servitude: A labor system in which individuals agreed to work for a set number of years in exchange for passage to the New World or other benefits.
Mercantilism: An economic theory that promoted strict government control over trade and the accumulation of wealth through exporting more goods than importing.