Colonial Settlement Quiz

What is a document granting the recipient the right to settle a colony called?

• Joint-Stock Company

• Headright

• Charter

• Burgess

What is a company in which investors buy stock in return for a share of its profits called?

• Charter

• Headright

• Burgess

• Joint-Stock Company

What is a 50 acre grant of land given to colonial settlers who paid their own way called?

• Charter

• Headright

• Joint-Stock Company

• Burgess

What are elected representatives to an assembly called?

• Charter

• Joint-Stock Company

• Headright

• Burgess

What does the term "Persecute" mean?

• To treat someone with kindness and respect

• To mistreat a person or group on the basis of their beliefs

• To provide financial support to someone

• To work without pay for a certain period of time

Who was a "Patroon" in the Dutch colonies?

• A person who mistreated others based on their beliefs

• A landowner who ruled over large areas of land

• A laborer who worked without pay for passage to America

• A person or country that owes money

What is an "Indentured Servant"?

• A person who mistreats others based on their beliefs

• A landowner in the Dutch colonies

• A laborer who agrees to work without pay for a certain period of time in exchange for passage to America

• A list of fundamental laws to support a government

What is a "Constitution"?

• A person who mistreats others based on their beliefs

• A landowner in the Dutch colonies

• A list of fundamental laws to support a government

• A person or country that owes money

What does the term "Debtor" refer to?

• A person who mistreats others based on their beliefs

• A landowner in the Dutch colonies

• A laborer who works without pay for passage to America

• A person or country that owes money

What is a document granting the recipient the right to settle a colony called?

• Joint-Stock Company

• Headright

• Charter

• Burgess