chapther fivve

14 cards·by Alex.Schreiner

official document giving a person or group permission to do something

charter

share in a company

stock

crops grown to be sold for profit

cash crop

person who agreed to work for someone for a certain time

indentured servant

law-making assembly in colonial Virginia

House of Burgesses

water route that explorers hoped would flow through North America

Northwest Passage

person who travels to a new place for religious reasons

Pilgrim

unjust treatment because of one's own belief

persecution

plan of government written by the Pilgrims

Mayflower Compact

people who wanted to "purify" the church of England

Puritan

person whose views differ from those of his or her leaders

dissenter

question

answer

owner

proprietor

person who owes money

debtor