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Borland History Test
Chapters 3, 4, 5, and 6 General Vocab (not all)
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| joint stock company | a company whose stock is owned jointly by the shareholders |
| persecute | subject (someone) to hostility and ill-treatment, especially because of their race or political or religious beliefs |
| dissented | hold or express opinions that are at variance with those previously, commonly, or officially expressed. |
| tolerance | the ability or willingness to tolerate something, in particular the existence of opinions or behavior that one does not necessarily agree with. |
| house of burgesses | the lower house of the colonial Virginia legislature. |
| headright | legal grant of land to settlers |
| charter | a written grant of permission |
| indentured servants | people who work off their free passage to a new country |
| enslaved africans | african americans who were taken from their families and sold as slaves, or workers, for a rich family |
| subsistence farming | growing enough food to support you and your family/your basic needs |
| cash crops | crops sold for profit |
| triangular trade | a multilateral system of trading in which a country pays for its imports from one country by its exports to another |
| slave codes | gave slave owners absolute power over slaves |
| export | send (goods or services) to another country for sale. |
| import | bring (goods or services) into a country from abroad for sale. |
| mercantilism | belief in the benefits of profitable trading; commercialism. |
| representative government | citizens vote on their leaders and have power over them |
| propaganda | information used to bias one side's story and to benefit from it |
| committees of correspondence | shadow governments organized by the patriot leaders of the thirteen colonies |
| minutemen | colonial soldiers that can become ready for war in a "minute's notice" |
| loyalists | a person who remains loyal to their original country |
| patriots | a person who vigorously supports their country and would be willing to fight for its freedom |
| siege | enemy forces surround a town or building, cutting off essential supplies, with the aim of compelling the surrender of those inside |
| privateer | an armed ship owned and officered by private individuals holding a government commission and authorized for use in war, especially in the capture of enemy merchant shipping |
| blockade | an act or means of sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving |
| inflation | to grow or expand majorly |
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