US History Chapter 1

5. To make sure that rules or laws are followed.
7. A document that gives permission to start a colony or organization.
9. A business where investors buy shares and share profits and losses.
10. To treat someone harshly, especially because of their beliefs.
11. A representative elected to help make laws, especially in early Virginia.
12. A plant used to make a blue dye, important in colonial agriculture.
13. A landowner in the Dutch colonies who ruled large estates.
14. Large piece of land or property, often owned by wealthy people.
15. A person who owes money to someone else.
16. A system where settlers were given land in exchange for moving to the colony.
17. A plan or set of rules that a government or group follows.
18. To have control or power over others.

1. The purpose or role something serves.
2. Accepting people who are different from you or have different beliefs.
3. A document outlining the basic laws and principles of a government.
4. To look closely at something to learn more about it.
6. To grow or spread out, making something larger.
8. Disagreeing with the beliefs or policies of a group or government.
12. servant A person who worked for a certain number of years in exchange for a trip to America.
13. A person who believes in peace and refuses to fight in wars.
14. Relating to people who share the same culture, language, or heritage.