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