Roanoke and Jamestown
a company in which investors buy stock in return for a share of the company's future profits
joint-stock company
person or country who owes money
debtor
an economic theory whose goal is building a state's wealth and power by increasing exports and accumulating precious metals in return
mercantilism
producing just enough to meet immediate needs
subsistence farming
a document granting the recipient the right to settle a colony
charter
large area of land that has one owner
estate
to sell abroad
export
an illness that affects large numbers of people
epidemic
trade route between three destinations
triangular trade
a grant of land given to colonial settlers who paid their own way
headright
a list of fundamental laws to support a government
constitution
to bring in from foreign markets
import
the permanent movement of people into one country from other nations
immigration
a crop raised for sale in market
cash crop
elected representative to an assembly
burgess
laborer who agrees to work without pay for a certain period of time in exchange for passage to America
indentured servants
to mistreat people or groups on the basis of their beliefs
persecute
a young person who learns a trade from a skilled craftsperson
apprentice
landowner in the Dutch colonies who ruled over large areas of land
patroon
to disagree with or oppose an opinion
dissent
people opposed to the use of war or violence to settle disputes
pacifists
a system by which people elect delegates to make laws and conduct government
representative government
the democratic ideas, practices and values that are at the heart of citizenship in a free society
civic virtue
rules forcing on the behavior and punishment of enslaved people
slave code