Chapter 3 Vocab (Test) Flashcards
1
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Charter
A
A document issued by a government granting specific rights to a person or company
2
Q
Pilgrim
A
Someone who takes a religious journey
3
Q
Toleration
A
Recognition that other people have a right to different opinions and accepting who they are
4
Q
Backcountry
A
area of land not on the coast
5
Q
Plantation
A
a large farm
6
Q
Debtors
A
people who owe money
7
Q
Proprietor
A
A single person or family that owns land
8
Q
Colony
A
land under control of another country and occupied by settlers of that country
9
Q
Colonists
A
settlers of a certain country
10
Q
Royal Colony
A
a colony controlled directly from the king
11
Q
Proprietary
A
a colony created by a grant of land by a monarch to an individual or family
12
Q
Cash crop
A
crops that produce a large amount of income
