Answer:
1. Constitution.
2. Pacifist.
3. Patroon.
4. Expand.
5. Joint stock company.
6. Indentured servant.
7. Enforce.
8. Tolerate.
9. Persecute.
10. Headright.
Explanation:
In this exercise, we would select the word or phrase which is similar in meaning to the group of words or that best describes what the group of words represents.
1. Constitution: John Locke, document, Carolina.
- John Locke's work was significant in the drafting of "The Fundamental constitution of Carolina."
2. Pacifist: Quaker, peaceful, no fighting.
- Quakers are pacifist because they believe war, violence and conflict are against the will of God.
3. Patroon: New Netherland, land grant, 50 settlers.
- A patroon is one of the grandees who owned land in the Colony of New Netherland.
4. Expand: grow, increase, make bigger.
- To grow, increase and make something bigger means to expand.
5. Joint stock company: investors, company, stock.
- A joint stock company refers to a business entity in which investors can buy or sell stocks.
6. Indentured servant: contract, worker, passage.
- A worker who is working as a contract worker in exchange for something, for a specific period of time is an indentured servant.
7. Enforce: impose, implement, make.
- When you make, impose, or implement an idea or law, it simply means to enforce.
8. Tolerate: accept, put up with, acknowledge.
- To tolerate something such as a habit, simply means to accept, acknowledge or put up with it.
9. Persecute: mistreat, single out, Puritans in England.
- The Puritans of England were mistreated and persecuted because of their beliefs.
10. Headright: Virginia Company, 50 acres, settler.
- The Virginia Company granted a headright of about 50 acres of land to settlers.
