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Colonial America
Flash cards for studying
Vocabulary Word | Definition |
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charter | a document granting the recipient the right to settle a colony. |
investigate | to try to discover facts and other information about something. |
joint-stock company | a company in which investors buy stock in return for a share of the company's future profits. |
expand | to increase in size or number. |
headright | a grant of land given to colonial settlers who paid their own way.. |
burgess | elected representative to an assembly.. |
dissent | to disagree with or oppose an opinion. |
persecute | to mistreat people or groups on the basis of their beliefs. |
tolerance | the ability to accept or put up with different views or behaviors. |
enforce | to apply a rule or law |
policy | a statement of ideals or plan of action |
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. |
pacifists | people opposed to the use of war or violence to settle disputes. |
function | to be in action; to operate. |
indentured servant | laborer who agrees to work without pay for a certain period of time in exchange for passage to America. |
estate | large area of land that has one owner |
dominate | to control |
constitution | a list of fundamental laws to support a government. |
indigo | The Indigofera plant, often called just indigo, was used to make indigo dye. |
debtor | person or country that owes money. |