Chapter 2: The Planting of English America 1500-1733

Question 1

Buffer

Answer 1

in politics, a small territory or state between two larger, antagonistic powers and intended to minimize the possibility of conflict between them

Question 2

Census

Answer 2

an official count of population, often including other information about the population as well

Question 3

Charter

Answer 3

a legal document granted by a government to some group or agency to implement a stated purpose, and spelling out the attending rights and obligations

Question 4

Feudal

Answer 4

concerning the decentralized medieval social system of personal obligations between rulers and ruled

Question 5

Indentured Servant

Answer 5

a poor person obligated to a fixed term of unpaid labor, often in exchange for a benefit such as transportation, protection, or training

Question 6

Joint-Stock Companies

Answer 6

an economic arrangement by which a number of investors pool their capital for investment

Question 7

Magistrate

Answer 7

a civil officer charged with administering the law

Question 8

Melting Pot

Answer 8

a popular American term for an ethnically diverse population that is presumed to be melting towards some eventual commonality

Question 9

Nationalism

Answer 9

fervent belief and loyalty given to the political unit of the nation state

Question 10

Primogeniture

Answer 10

the legal principle that the oldest son inherits all family property or land

Question 11

Squatter

Answer 11

a frontier family who illegally occupied land owned by others or not yet officially opened for settlement

Question 12

Toleration

Answer 12

Originally, religious freedom granted by an established church to a religious minority

Question 13

Yeomen

Answer 13

independent landowner entitled to suffrage