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ss chapter 3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 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 personor 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 in settle disputes |
| indentured servant | laborer who agrees to work without pay forr a certain period of time in exchange for passage to america |
| constitution | a list of fundemental laws to support a goverment |
| debtor | person or country that owes money |