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Ch.3 section 1
History vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Charter | documents granting the right to organize settlements in an area |
joint-stock company | a company in which investors buy stock in the company in return for a share of thee future profits |
headright | a land grant of 50 acres to settlers who paid their own way to the colonies |
burgesses | representatives of the colonies' towns that could make local laws for the colonies |