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Chapter 3 Vocabulary
USA History
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Investigate | To try to discover facts and other information about something. |
| 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. |
| Expand | To increase in size or number. |
| Headright | A grant of land given to colonial settlers who paid their own way. |
| Burgesses | Elected representative to an assembly. |
| Dissented | To disagree with or oppose an opinion. |
| Persecuted | To mistreat people or groups on the basis of their beliefs. |
| Tolerance | The ability to accept or put up with different views or behaviors. |
| Enforced | To apply a rule or law. |
| Policy | A statement of ideals or plan of action. |
| Patroons | 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. |
| Functioned | To be in action; to operate. |
| indentured Servants | Laborer who agrees to work without pay for a certain period of time in exchange for passage to America. |
| Estates | Large area of land that has one owner. |
| Dominated | 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. |
| Debtors | Person or country that owes money. |