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Chapter 3 vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Charter | a document granting the recipient the right to settle a colony |
| Joint-stock company | a company in which investors buy stock in return for a share of the company's future profits |
| Investigate | -to try to discover facts and other information about something |
| Expand | to increase in size or number |
| Burgess | elected representative to an assembly |
| Headright | grant of land given to colonial settlers who paid their own way |
| dissent | to disagree with or oppose an opinion |
| persecute | to mistreat people or groups on the basis of their beliefs |
| enforce | to apply a rule or law |
| policy | a statement of ideals or plan of action |
| tolerance | the ability to accept or put up with different views or behaviors |
| patroon | landowner in the Dutch colonies who ruled over large areas of land |
| ethnic | of or relating to national, tribal, racial, religious, language, or cultural background |
| pacifist | people opposed to the use of war or violence to settle disputes |
| function | to be in action; to operate |