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SS Chapter 3
Simmonds 2025-26
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| charter | a document granting the recipient the right to settle a colony |
| investigate | to try to discover facts and other information about somethings |
| joint-stock company | a company in which investors buy stock in return for a share of ts future profits |
| headright | a 50-acre grant of lad given to colonial settlers who paid their own way |
| burgress | elected representative to an assembly |
| dissent | to disagree with or oppose an opnion |
| persecute | to mistreat a person or group on the basis of their belifs |
| tolerate | the ability to accept or put up with different views or behaviors |
| enforce | to apply a rule of law |
| policy | a statement of ideas or plans of action |
| patroon | landowner in the Dutch colonies who ruled over large areas of land |
| ethnic | of or relating to national, tribal, racia, religious,language, or cultural background |
| pacifists | people opposed to the use of war or violence to settle disputes |
| indentured servant | larborer who agrees to work without pay for a certain period of time in exchange for a passage to America |
| estate | large area of land that has one owner |
| dominate | to control |
| constitution | a list of fundamentallaws to support a government |
| debtor | person or country that owes money |
| indigo | the indigofera plant, often called just indigo, was used to make indigo dye |
| expand | to increase in size or number |
| function | to be in action;to operate |