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Chapter 3
| 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 investigators buy stock in return for a share of the company's futures 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 purpose an opinion |
| Persecute | to mistreat people or groups on the basis or theirs beliefs |
| Patroon | landowner in the Dutch colonies who ruled over large areas of land |
| Indentured servant | laborer who agrees to work without pay for a certain period of time in exchange for passage to America |