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Colonial America
| Definition | |
|---|---|
| Investigating (V) | to try to discover facts and other information about something |
| Charter (N) | a document granting the recipient the right to settle a colony. |
| join-stock company (N) | a company in which investors buy stock in return for a share of the company's future profits |
| Expand (V) | to increase in size or number |
| Headright (N) | a grant of land given to colonial settlers who paid their own way |
| Burgesses (N) | elected representative to an assembly |
| Dissent (N) | to disagree with or oppose an opinion |
| Persecute (V) | to mistreat people or groups on the basis of their beliefs |
| Tolerance (N) | the ability to accept or put up with different views or behaviors |
| Enforce (V) | to apply a rule or law |
| Policy (N) | a statement of ideals or plan of action |
| Patroons (N) | landowner in the Dutch colonies who ruled over large areas of land |
| Ethnic (N) | of or relating to national, tribal, racial, religious, language, or cultural background |
| Pacifist (A) | people opposed to the use of war or violence to settle disputes |
| Function (V) | to be in action; to operate |
| Indentured Servant (N) | laborer who agrees to work without pay for a certain period of time in exchange for passage to America |
| Estate (N) | large area of land that has one owner |
| Dominate (V) | to control |
| Constitution (N) | a list of fundamental laws to support a government |
| Indigo (N) | The indigofera plant, often called just indigo, was used to make indigo dye |
| Deptor (N) | person or country that owes money |