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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| charter | a document granting the recipient the right to settle a colony |
| joint-stock company | a company in which investors buy stocks in return for a share of its profits |
| headright | a 50 archers grant of land given to coloain settlers who paid their own way |
| burgess | elected representative to an assembly |
| expand | to increase in size or number |
| investigate | to try to discover facts and other information about something |
| dissent | to disagree with someone |
| persecute | to mestreat a person or group on the basis their beliefs |
| tolerance | the ability to accept it put within different veiws |
| enforce | to apply a rule of law |
| policy | a statement if ideals or plan of action |
| patroon | landowner in the Dutch colonies who ruled over large areas of land |
| pacifist | people opposed to the use of war or violence to settle disputes |
| ethnic | of or relating to national cultural backgrounds |
| function | to be in action, to operate |
| indentured servant | laborer who agrees to work without pay for a certain period of time in exchange for passage to America |
| constitution | a list of fundamental laws to support a government |
| debtor | person or country that owes money |
| estate | large area of land that has one owner |
| dominate | to control |
| indigo | the plant, often called just indigo, was used to make indigo dye |