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Colonial America
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Charter | a document granting the recipient the right to settle a colony. |
| Investigate | to try to discover facts and other information about something. |
| joint-stock company | a company in which investigators buy stock in return for a share of its future profits. |
| headright | a 50-acre grant of land given to colonial settlers who pair their own way. |
| burgess | elected representative to an assembly. |
| expand | to increase in size or number |
| dissent | to disagree with or oppose and opinion |
| persecute | to mistreat a person or groups on the basis of the beliefs |
| tolerance | the ability to accept or put up with different views or behaviors |
| enforce | to apply a rule or law |
| policy | a statement of ideals or plan of action |
| patroon | landowner in the Dutch colonies who ruled over large areas of land |
| pacifists | people opposed to the use of war or violence to settle disputes. |
| function | to be in action;to operate. |
| ethnic | of or relating to national, tribal,racial, religious, language, or cultural background |
| indentured 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 country that owes money |
| indigo | the indigofera plant, often called just indigo, was used to make indigo dye. |