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SS Chap 5 vocab
Niewoehner Chap 5 SS Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| charter | document that permitted colonists to settle on land claimed by their ruler |
| stock | shares in a company often sold to raise money for the company |
| cash crop | food grown for profit |
| indentured servant | a person who agreed to work for someone for a certain amount of time in exchange for the cost of the voyage to North America |
| House of Burgesses | the first law-making assembly in an English colony |
| Northwest Passage | waterway connecting Atlantic and Pacific Oceans |
| pilgrim | person who journeys for religious reasons |
| Separatist | person who wanted to separate from the Church of England |
| persecution | unjust treatment to a person because of his or her beliefs |
| Mayflower Compact | Pilgrim's written plan of government for their colony |
| Puritan | group from England who wanted to purify, or reform, the Church of England |
| dissenter | a person whose views differ from others' |
| proprietor | owner |
| debtor | person who owes money |