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SS: 3 Vocabulary
Term | Definition | Part of Speech |
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charter | a document granting the holder the right to settle a colony | Noun |
joint-stock company | a company in which investors buy stock in return for a share of the company's future profits | Noun |
headright | a grant of land given to colonial settlers who paid their own way | Noun |
burgess | elected representative to an assembly | Noun |
investigate | to search for facts and other information about something investigar: buscar hechos y otra informaciĆ³n sobre algo involve | Verb |
expand | to increase in size or number | Verb |
dissent | to disagree with or oppose an opinion; disagreement or opposition | Noun |
persecute | to mistreat people or groups on the basis of their beliefs | Verb |
tolerance | the ability to accept or put up with different views or behaviors | Noun |
enforce | to apply a rule or law; to carry out by force | Verb |
policy | a statement of ideals or plan of action | Noun |
patroon | landowner in the Dutch colonies who ruled over large areas of land | Noun |
pacifists | people opposed to the use of war or violence to settle disputes; a person who is opposed to the use of violence | Noun |
ethnic | of or relating to national, tribal, racial, religious, language, or cultural background | Adjective |
function | to be in action; to operate | Noun |
indentured servant | laborer who agrees to work without pay for a certain period of time in exchange for passage to America | Noun |
constitution | detailed written plan for a government; a list of basic laws that support a government | Noun |
debtor | person or country that owes money | Noun |
estate | large area of land that has one owner | Noun |
dominate | to control | Verb |
indigo | crop; indigofera plant, often called just indigo, used to make indigo dye (purple | Noun |