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8th Grade USH1
Mr. A's Vocabulary Ch 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Constitution | a formal plan of government |
| proprietary colony | a colony run by individuals or groups to whom the land was granted |
| debtor | a person or country that owes money |
| tenant farmer | a person who works land owned by another and pays rent in either cash or crops |
| pacifists | a person opposed to violence or war to settle disputes |
| patroon | a land owner in Dutch colonies who ruled like a king over large areas of land |
| indentured servant | a laborer who agreed to work for a certain period of time w/o pay in exchange for passage to America |
| mission | a Spanish religious settlement |
| charter | a document that gives the holder the right to organize settlements in an area |
| joint-stock company | a company in which investors buy stock in the company in return for a share of its future profits |
| burgesses | elected representatives to an assembly |
| dissent | disagreement with or opposition to an opinion |
| persecute | to treat a person harshly because of that person's beliefs or practices |
| Puritan | Protestants who |
| Separatists | Protestants who-during the 1600's- wanted to leave the Anglican Church in order to found their own church |
| Mayflower Compact | a formal document-written in 1620-that provided law and order to the Plymouth Colony |
| Toleration | the acceptance of different beliefs |
| Separatists who journeyed to the colonies during the 1600's for a religious | Pilgrim |
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