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Chapter 3
Colonial America
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| charter | a document granting the holder 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 |
| headright | a grant of land given to colonial settlers who paid their own way |
| burgess | elected representative to an assembly |
| investigate | to search for facts and other information about something |
| expand | to increase in size or umber |
| dissent | to disagree with or oppose an opinion; disagreement or opposition |
| 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 to carry out by force |
| policy | a statement of ifeals or plan of action |
| patroon | landowner in the Dutch colonies who ruled over large areas of land |
| pacifist | people opposed to the use of war or violence to settle disputes a person who is opposed to the use of violence |
| ethnic | of or relating to national tribal racial religious language or cultural backround |
| 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 |
| constitution | detailed written plan for government a list of basic laws that support a goverment |
| debtor | person or country that owes money |
| estate | large area of land that has one owner |
| dominate | to control |
| indigo | type of plant/crop, [The indigofera plant, often called just indigo, was used to make indigo dye] |