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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| charter | a document that gives the holder the right to organize settlements in an area |
| joint stock | a company in which investors buy stock in the company in return for share of its future profit |
| expand | to increase in size or scope |
| headright | a 50 acre grant of land given to colonial settlers who paid their own way |
| burgesses | elected representatives to an assembly |
| dissent | disagreement or opposition to an opinion |
| puritan | protestants who, during the 1600s, wanted to reform the anglican church |
| separatists | protestants, who during the 1600s, wanted to leave the anglican church in order to found their own churches. |
| pilgrim | separatist who journeyed to the colonies during the 1600s for religious purpose |
| mayflower compact | a formal document written in 1620, that provided law and order to the Plymouth colony |
| fundamental orders of Connecticut | the first written plan for a government in America |
| policy | plan of action |
| patroon | landowner in the dutch colonies who ruled like a king over large areas of land |
| proprietary colony | colony run by individuals or groups whom land was granted |
| ethnic | pertaining a group sharing a common culture |
| pacifist | person opposed to the use of war of violence to settle disputes |
| function | operate |
| indentured servant | aborer who agreed to work without pay for a certain period of time in exchange for passage to America |
| estate | property/land |
| debtor | person or country that owes money |
| mission | religious settlement |
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