A written official grant or document from a ruler or government giving legal rights, privileges, or permission to settle and govern a colony.

An elected representative to the legislative assembly (such as the House of Burgesses) in colonial Virginia.

Disagreement or opposition to the established beliefs, policies, or official church of a government or majority group.

To treat a person or group cruelly, unfairly, or punitively, often because of their religious or political beliefs.

A Separatist who traveled on the Mayflower in 1620 to North America in search of religious freedom.

A fundamental set of written laws and principles by which a state, country, or organization is governed.

The willingness to accept and allow the existence of different opinions, customs, or religious beliefs that one may not agree with.

A colony granted by a king or queen to an individual or private group (proprietors) who held governing power over it.

A person who believes that war, violence, and settling disputes by force are morally wrong (such as the Quakers in Pennsylvania).

A person who agreed to work for a specific number of years in exchange for passage to the American colonies, food, shelter, and freedom dues.

• A person who owes money to someone else; in colonial history, people imprisoned for debt were often sent to colonies like Georgia.

Growing just enough food and crops to feed your own family rather than to sell for a profit.

Agricultural crops grown in large quantities specifically to be sold for profit (such as tobacco, rice, or indigo in the Southern colonies).

A set of strict laws in Southern slaveholding colonies that restricted the rights of enslaved people and defined them as property.

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Unit Two Test SS

Term	Definition
Charter	A written official grant or document from a ruler or government giving legal rights, privileges, or permission to settle and govern a colony.
Burgess	An elected representative to the legislative assembly (such as the House of Burgesses) in colonial Virginia.
Dissent	Disagreement or opposition to the established beliefs, policies, or official church of a government or majority group.
Persecute	To treat a person or group cruelly, unfairly, or punitively, often because of their religious or political beliefs.
Pilgrim	A Separatist who traveled on the Mayflower in 1620 to North America in search of religious freedom.
Constitution	A fundamental set of written laws and principles by which a state, country, or organization is governed.
Tolerance	The willingness to accept and allow the existence of different opinions, customs, or religious beliefs that one may not agree with.
Proprietary Colony	A colony granted by a king or queen to an individual or private group (proprietors) who held governing power over it.
Pacifist	A person who believes that war, violence, and settling disputes by force are morally wrong (such as the Quakers in Pennsylvania).
Indentured Servant	A person who agreed to work for a specific number of years in exchange for passage to the American colonies, food, shelter, and freedom dues.
Debtor	• A person who owes money to someone else; in colonial history, people imprisoned for debt were often sent to colonies like Georgia.
Subsistence Farming	Growing just enough food and crops to feed your own family rather than to sell for a profit.
Cash Crops	Agricultural crops grown in large quantities specifically to be sold for profit (such as tobacco, rice, or indigo in the Southern colonies).
Slave Codes	A set of strict laws in Southern slaveholding colonies that restricted the rights of enslaved people and defined them as property.

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