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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 stock in return for a share of it's future profits |
| Headright | a 50-acre grant of land given to colonial settlers who paid their own way |
| Burgess | elected representative to an assembly |
| Dissent | to disagree with or oppose an opinion |
| Persecute | to mistreat a person or group on the basis of their beliefs |
| Tolerance | the ability to accept or put up with different views or behaviors |
| 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 |
| 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 fundamenta; laws to support a government |
| Debtor | person or country that owns money |
| Subsistence farming | producing just enough to meet immediate needs |
| Cash crop | a crop that can be sold easily in markets |
| Diversity | variety,such as of ethnic or national groups |
| Triangular trade | trade route between three destinations,such as britain,west indies |
| Slave code | rules focusing on the behavior and punishment of enslaved people |