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Colonial America
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Charter | a document granting the recipient the right to settle a conony |
| investigate | to try to discover facts and other info |
| joint stock compony | a compony in which invstors buy stock in return of future profits |
| headright | a 50-acre grant of land given to colonial settlers who paid their own way |
| burgees | elected representative to an assembily |
| expand | to increase a sise or number |
| 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 |
| enforce | to apply a rule or law |
| policy | a statement of ideals or plan of action |
| patroon | landower on the Dutch colonies who ruled over large areas of land |
| ethnic | of or relating to national tribal racial religious language or cultural backround |
| pacidists | people opposed to the use of war or violance to settle disputes |
| function | to be in action |
| indentured servant | laborer who agrees to work without pay for a cirtan period of time in exchange for passage to America |
| estate | large area of land that has one owner |
| dominate | to control |
| constitution | a list of fundamental laws to support a goverment |
| debtor | a person or country that owes money |
| indigo | the indigofera plant, often called just indigo, was used to make indigo dye |