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Chapter 5 ss vocab
chapter 5 social studies vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| indentured servant | person who agreed to work for someone for a certain amount of time in exchange for the cost of the voyage to America |
| House of Burgesses | Law-making assembly in colonial Virginia |
| Charter | official document giving a person or group permission to do something. |
| Separatist | group of people from England who wanted to separate themselves from the Church of England. Some traveled to North America in search of religious freedom. |
| Mayflower Compact | plan of government written by the Pilgrims. |
| stock | share in a company |
| Puritan | group of people who wanted to "purify" the Church of England. They established the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630. |
| dissenter | person whose views differ from those of his or her leaders |
| pilgrim | person who travels to a new place for religious reasons |
| debtor | person who owes money |
| Northwest Passage | water route that explorers hoped would flow through North America, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. |
| persecution | unjust treatment because of one's beliefs. |
| proprietor | owner |
| cash crop | crop grown to be sold for profit |