charter
document from the sovereign granting a right
headright
land grant
burgesses
legislative representative
dissent
to disagree
persecute
to harass; to bully/ to punish
pilgrim
person who goes on a religious journey
constitution
document stating the basic form and rules of a government
establish
to create
tolerance
willingness to allow or overlook
dissident
person who refuses to go along with an official or prevailing belief or practice
patroon
wealthy colonial landowner
proprietary colony
colony in which an owner, or proprietor, owned all the land and controlled the government
ethnic
of or relating to national, tribal, racial, religious, language, or cultural background
pacifist
someone who opposes the use of war or violence to settle disputes
perpetually
continually and always
authority
the right to command obedience
obtain
to get
involuntarily
without choosing; against a person's will
indentured servant
a person who pledges his or her labor for an amount of time in exchange for some payment
extract
to pull or draw out of
debtor
one who owes money
refugee
one who flees his or her home to seek refuge or safety from some danger or ill
subsistence farming
producing just enough to fee the family with none left over to sell or trade
cash crop
agricultural product intended to be sold for profit
contiguously
next to each other
sundry
various
save code
repressive rules governing the behavior and punishment of enslaved Africans
civil
relating to citizens and the state
evolve
to develop over time
decline
to lessen