8th Grade chapter 3

Janice M. (United States of America)
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  1. charter
    a document creating an institution and specifying its rights
  2. joint-stock company
    a business collectively owned by those who bought shares
  3. burgess
    a citizen of an English borough
  4. dissent
    a difference of opinion
  5. persecute
    cause to suffer
  6. puritan
    someone who adheres to strict religious principles
  7. separatist
    an advocate of secession or independence from a larger group
  8. pilgrim
    someone who journeys in foreign lands
  9. compact
    closely and firmly united or packed together
  10. toleration
    the practice of accepting others' differing opinions
  11. patron
    someone who supports or champions something
  12. proprietary colony
    a colony given to a proprietor to govern (in 17th century)
  13. pacifist
    someone opposed to violence as a means of settling disputes
  14. indentured
    bound or forced to work by contract
  15. servant
    a person working in the service of another
  16. constitution
    the act of forming or establishing something
  17. debtor
    a person who owes a creditor
  18. tenant
    someone who pays rent to use property owned by someone else
  19. mission
    an operation that is assigned by a higher headquarters
Created on Sun Oct 31 16:38:25 EDT 2010 (updated Sun Oct 31 17:03:01 EDT 2010)

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