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Colonial Americas
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| charter | a document granting the recipient the right to settle a colony |
| joint 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 representive 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 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 |
| ethnic | of or relating to a national tribal racial religious language or cultural backround |
| pacifists | people opposed to the use of war or violence to settle disputes |
| function | to be in action; to opperate |
| indentured servant | laborer who agrees to work without pay for a certain period of time in exchange for passage to America |
| estatte | 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 indogfera olant often called just indigo was used to make indigo dye. |
| investigate | to try to discover facts and other information about something |