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Ch.4 Vocab

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charter   a document granting the recipient the right to settle a colony  
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investigate   to try to discover facts and other information about something  
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joint-stock company   a company in which investors buy stock in return for a share of the company's future profits  
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expand   to increase in size or number  
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burgess   elected representative to an assembly  
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dissent   to disagree with or oppose an opinion  
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persecute   to mistreat people or groups on the basis of their beliefs  
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tolerance   the ability to accept or put up with different views or behaviors  
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enforce   to apply a rule or law  
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policy   a statement of ideals or plan of action  
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patroons   landowner in the Dutch colonies who ruled over large areas of land  
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ethnic   of or relating to national, tribal, racial, religious, language, or cultural background  
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pacifists   people opposed to the use of war or violence to settle disputes  
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function   to be in action; to operate  
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indentured servant   laborer who agrees to work without pay for a certain period of time in exchange for passage to America  
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estate   large area of land that has one owner  
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dominate   to control  
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constitution   a list of fundamental laws to support a government  
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indigo   The indigofera plant, often called just indigo, was used to make indigo dye  
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debtor   person or country that owes money  
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