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| 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 |
| headright | a 50-acre grant of land given to colonial settlers who paid their own way |
| burgess | elected representative to an assembly |
| dissent | to disagree with or oppose an opinion |
| persecute | 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 |
| patroon | landowner in the Dutch colonies who ruled over large ar |
| pacifist | person opposed to the use of war or violence to settle disputes |
| indentured servant | laborer who agrees to work without pay for a certain period of time in exchange for passage to America |
| constitution | a list of fundamental laws to support a government |
| debtor | a person or country who owes money |
| subsistence farming | producing just enough to meet immediate needs |
| cash crop | a crop that can be sold easily in markets |
| diversity | variety, such as of ethnic or national groups |
| triangular trade | trade route between three destinations such as Britain, West Africa, and the West Indies |
| slave code | rules focusing on the behavior and punishment of enslaved people |
| representative government | a system by which people elect delegates to make laws and conduct government |
| mercantilism | an economic theory whose goal is building a state's weath and power by increasing exports and accumulating previous metals in return |
| export | to sell abroad |
| import | to bring in from foreign markets |
| immigration | the permanent movement of people into one country from other nations |
| epidemic | an illness that affects large numbers of people |
| apprentice | a young person who learns a trade from a skilled craftsperson |
| militia | a military force made up of ordinary citizens |
| Iroquois Confederacy | a group of Native Americans in eastern North America joined together under one central govermment |
| alliance | partnership |
