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Chapter 5
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| charter | A document that permitted colonists to settle on land claimed by their ruler |
| stock | shares in a company; the way owners of the Virginia Company raised money by selling it |
| cash crop | crop grown for profit; tobacco was Virginia's first |
| indentured servant | A person who agrees to work for someone for a particular amount of time in exchange for the cost of the passage to the New World; they hoped to buy land of their own when they gained freedom |
| House of Burgesses | The first law-making assembly in the English colonies; members were chosen to represent each district; helped establish the tradition of self-government in the colonies |
| Northwest Passage | A waterway connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans |
| Pilgrim | person who travels to a new place for religious reasons |
| Separatist | group of people from England who wanted to separate from the Church of England; some traveled to the New World in search of religious freedom |
| persecution | unjust treatment because of one's beliefs |
| Mayflower Compact | plan of government written by the Pilgrims who sailed on the Mayflower |
| Puritan | group of people who wanted to "Purify" the Church of England; They established Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630 |
| disenter | a person whose views differ from his or her rulers |
| proprietor | owner |
| debtor | person who owes money |
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