Colonial Vocabulary

3. certain to happen and impossible to avoid or prevent
4. wood that is processed for construction or the living trees in a forest suitable for that use
5. the state or act of having the minimum amount of food, money, and basic resources needed to stay alive
7. bound by a legal contract to work for another person or business for a set period of time
9. originating or occurring naturally in a particular place or describing the earliest known inhabitants of a region
14. more than enough
15. a good reason explanation or defense for an action belief or decision
16. a country or area controlled politically by a more powerful country that is often far away
18. of relating to or bordering on the sea
19. producing a lot of money
21. an economic system developed to unify and increase the power especially the monetary wealth of a nation through a favorable balance of trade

1. to make or become smaller, fewer, or less in size, importance, or intensity
2. a sheltered body of water where ships, boats, and barges can dock safely away from rough seas and strong winds
6. likely to cause disagreement, argument, or controversy
8. the act of taking property, land, or a home away from someone, or the state of having those things stripped away
10. natural dye made from the leaves of plants
11. a hard, black or brownish-black sedimentary rock made of carbon that is burned as a fuel to create heat or electricity
12. a large-scale agricultural estate or farm that specializes in growing cash crops
13. a heavy, magnetic, silvery-white metallic element (symbol Fe) used widely in construction, tools, and manufacturing steel
17. necessary or extremely important
20. in a harmful negative or unfavorable way