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Social studies chpt3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Charter | a document granting the recipient the right to settle a colony |
| investigate | to try to discover facts and other information about something |
| john-stock company | a company in which investors buy stock in return for a share of its future profits |
| headright | a 50-acre grant of land given to colonial settlers who paid their own way |
| burgess | elected representitive to an assembly |
| expand | to increase in size or number |
| dissent | to disagree with or oppose an opinion |
| persecute | to mistreat a person or group on the basis of their beliefs |
| tolerence | the ability to accept or put up with different views or behaivior |
| enforce | to apply a rule or law |
| policy | a statment of ideals or plan of action |
| patroon | landowner in the dutch colonies who ruled over large areas of land |
| ethnic | of or relating to national, tribal, racial, religous, language, or cultural backround |
| pacifists | people opposed to the use of war or voilence to settle disputes |
| function | to be in action:to operate |
| indentures 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 goverment |
| debtor | person or country that owes money |
| indigo | the indigofera plant, often called just indigo, was used to make indigo dye |