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Colonial America
| COLONIAL AMERICA | Answer |
|---|---|
| Charter | A document granting the recipient the right to settle a conoly |
| Joint stock company | A company in which investors buy stock in return for share of its future |
| head right | a 50-acre grant of land given to colonial settlers who paid their own way |
| dissent | to disagree with or oppose an opinion |
| burgess | elected representative to an assembly |
| persecute | to mistreat a person or group on thee basis of their beleifs |
| tolerence | the ability to accept or put up with different views or beleifs |
| patroon | landowner in the dutch colonies who ruled over large areas of land |
| pacifist | people opposed to use war or violence to settle disputes |
| ethnic | of or relating to national tribal, racial, religious,language or cultural background |
| investigate | to try to discover facts and other information about something |
| expand | to increase in size or number |
| enforce | to apply rule or law |
| policy | a statement of ideals or plan of action |
| function | to be in action to operate |
| intedured servant | laborer who agrees to work without pay for a certain period of time in exchange for passage to AMerica |
| estate | large area of land that has one owner |
| dominate | to control |
| constitution | a list of fundamental laws to support a government |
| debtor | person or county that owes money |
| indigo | The indiforgo plant often called just indigo was used to make indigo dye |