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PAT Colonial America
Vocab 3.1 - 3.3
Term | Definition |
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Joint-Stock-Company | A company in which investors buy stock in return for a share of its future profits. |
Headright | A 50-acre grant of land given to colonial setters who paid their own way. |
Burgesses | Elected representative to an assembly. |
Dissent | To disagree with or oppose an opinion. |
Persecute | To mistreat a person or group on the basis of their beliefs. |
Tolerance | The ability to accept or put up with different views or behaviors. |
Patroons | Landowner in the Dutch colonies who ruled over large areas of land. |
Pacifists | People opposed to the use of war or violence to settle disputes. |
Indentured Servants | Laborer who agrees to work without pay for a certain period of time in exchange for passage to America. |
Constitution | A list of fundamental laws to support a government. |
Debtor | Person or country that owes money. |
Charter | A document granting the recipient the right to settle a colony. |