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Chapter 3 Vocabulary
21 words
Term | Definition |
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investigating | to try to discover facts and other information about something |
charter | a document granting the recipient the right to settle a colony |
joint-stock company | a company in which investors buy stock in return for a share of its future profits |
expand | to increase in size or number |
headright | a 50-acre grant of land given to colonial settlers who paid their own way |
burgesses | elected representative to an assembly |
dissented | to disagree with or oppose an opinion |
persecuted | 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 | landowner in the Dutch colonies who ruled over large areas of land |
ethnic | of or relating to national, tribal, racial, religious, language, or cultural background |
pacifists | people opposed to the use of war or violence to settle disputes |
function | to be in action; to operate |
indentured servant | laborer who agrees to work without pay for a certain period of time in exchange for passage to America |
estate | large area of land that has one owner |
dominated | to control |
constitution | a list of fundamental laws to support a government |
indigo | The indigofera plant, often called just indigo, was used to make indigo dye |
debtor | person or country that owes money |