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Colonial America
| term | definition |
|---|---|
| chartor | 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 its profits |
| headright | a 50-acre grant of land given to colonial settlers who paid their their own way |
| burgess | elected representative to an assemby |
| tolerance | the ability to accept or put up with different views or behaviors |
| dissent | to disagree with or oppose an opinion |
| persecute | to mistreat a person or group on the basis of their beliefs |
| patroon | landowner in the dutch colonies who ruled over large areas of land |