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Chapter 5 Vocabulary

Chapter 5 Vocabulary. The Struggle to Found Colonies. Charter. A document that permitted colonist to settle on land claimed by their ruler. stock. Shares in a company often sold to raise money for the company. Cash crop. Crops grown for profit. Indentured servant.

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Chapter 5 Vocabulary

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  1. Chapter 5 Vocabulary The Struggle to Found Colonies

  2. Charter A document that permitted colonist to settle on land claimed by their ruler.

  3. stock • Shares in a company often sold to raise money for the company.

  4. Cash crop • Crops grown for profit.

  5. Indentured servant • A person who agreed to work for a certain amount of time in exchange for the cost of the ocean wages to North America.

  6. House of Burgesses • The first law-making assembly in an English colony.

  7. Northwest Passage • Waterway connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean

  8. Pilgrim • Person who journeys for religious reasons.

  9. Separatist • Person who wanted to separate from the Church of England.

  10. persecution • Unjust treatment to a person because of his or her beliefs.

  11. Mayflower Compact • Pilgrims’ written plan of government for their colony.

  12. Puritan • Group from England who wanted to purify, or reform, the Church of England.

  13. dissenter • A person whose views differ from others.

  14. proprietor • owner

  15. debtor • Person who owes money

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