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US History Chapt 03
AGS US History Chapter 3 Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| provisions | supplies needed for a trip or voyage |
| blockhouse | a building used for protection from attack |
| share | a certificate bought from a stock company that represents a certain part of ownership of a company |
| stock company | a company that is owned by people who own the company’s stock |
| democratic | government in which the power is held by the people |
| representative | government with officials elected by the people |
| Parliament | a group in England that makes laws |
| general assembly | a group that makes laws for a larger group |
| plantation | a large farm that grows huge amounts of certain crops |
| majority | a number greater than half of the total |
| governor | a person chosen to lead a group of people within a given area such as a colony or a state |
| representative | a person who is given power to act for others |
| investor | a person who lends money to a company |
| destination | a place where one is going |
| indigo | a plant used to make dye |
| boundary | a real or imaginary marker that shows what land a person owns |
| epidemic | an outbreak of disease |
| expansion | spreading out or increasing in size |
| estimate | to make a guess based on some facts |
| Patroon | a Dutch landowner |
| minority | a group of people that is smaller part of a population |
| pastor | a member of the clergy |
| clergy | a person given the power by the church to perform religious tasks |
| indentured servant | a person who came to the colonies under a contract to work without pay for a certain time |
| policy | a set of rules or action plan set forth by a person or group |
| guidance | direction |
| equality | having the same rights as others |
| proprietor | one who owns a colony |
| refuge | protection or shelter |
| chattel slavery | slavery in which the enslaved person was legally owned by his or her master |
| access | the ability to obtain or make use of something |
| emigrate | to leave for another place or country |
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