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History Chapter 3 vocab
Chapter 3 vocab
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History
8th Grade
10/04/2012

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Term
charter
Definition

A document that gives the holder the right to organize the settlements in an area

 

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Joint stock company
Definition

a company in which investors buy stock in the company in return for its share in future profits

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Burgesses
Definition

elected representatives to an assembly

 

 

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dissent
Definition

Disagreement with or opposition to an opinion

 

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persecute
Definition

to treat somebody harshly because of their beliefs or

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Puritan
Definition

Protestants who during the 1600s wanted to reform the Angelican church.

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Separatist
Definition

Protestants who during the 1600s wanted to leave the Angeltic church to make their own churches

 

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pilgrim
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Sepratists during the 1600s who went to the americas for religious purposes

 

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Patroon
Definition

land owner in the dutch colonies who ruled like a king in large amounts of land

 

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Proprietary colony
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property run by groups to whom land was granted

 

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pacifist
Definition

person who uses war or violence to settle disputes[image]

 

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indentured servant
Definition
laborer who agred to work for a certain amount of time for freedom to the americas[image]
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constitution
Definition

a formal plan of government

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debtor
Definition
person or country that owes money[image]
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mission
Definition

religous settlement

 

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