Chapter 3 Vocab Assessment

VOCAB: 50-acre grant of land given to colonial settlers who paid their own way

• headright
• burgess
• charter
• constitution
• debtor

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

• joint stock company
• burgess
• charter
• constitution
• debtor

VOCAB: . list of fundamental laws to support a government

• constitution
• burgess
• charter
• debtor
• dissent

VOCAB: . person opposed to the use of war or violence to settle disputes

• pacifist
• burgess
• charter
• constitution
• debtor

VOCAB: to disagree with or oppose an opinion

• dissent
• burgess
• charter
• constitution
• debtor

VOCAB: elected representative to an assembly

• burgess
• charter
• constitution
• debtor
• dissent

VOCAB: laborer who agreed to work without pay for a certain period of time in exchange for passage to America

• indentured servant
• burgess
• charter
• constitution
• debtor

VOCAB: landowner in the Dutch colonies who ruled over large areas of land

• patroon
• burgess
• charter
• constitution
• debtor

VOCAB: ability to accept or put up with different views or behaviors

• tolerance
• burgess
• charter
• constitution
• debtor

VOCAB: to mistreat a person or group on the basis of their beliefs

• persecute
• burgess
• charter
• constitution
• debtor