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Term | Definition |
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Enlightenment | Movement that spread the idea that reason and science could improve society |
Monarch | King or Queen |
Legislature | A group of people that make laws |
Precedent | A ruling that is used as the basis for a judicial decision in a later, similar case |
Common law | A system of law based on precedent and customs |
Natural laws | Freedoms people possess relating to life, liberty and property |
Social Contract | An agreement among people in a society with a government |
Colony | A group of people in one place who are ruled by a parent country elsewhere |
Joint-Stock Company | Investors provide partial ownership in a county organized for profit |
Charter | A written document granting land and the authority to set up colonial governments or a government document granting permission to organize a corporation |
Compact | An agreement, or contract, among a group |
Proprietary | Area with owner-controlled land and government |
Royal Colony | A colonial area of land controlled directly by a king or other monarch |
Religious Dissenters | Those who followed a religious faith other than the official religion on England |
Puritan | Religious dissenter who came to the colonies to purify, or reform, the Angelican Church |
Pilgrims | Colonial Puritans who considered themselves people on a religious journey |
Toleration | Respecting and accepting other groups, such as religious groups |
Indentured Servant | Workers who contracted with American colonists for food and shelter in return for their labor |
Plantation | A large estate |
Triangular Trade | Pattern of trade started in colonial times between Americas, Africa and Europe |
Adapt | To adjust to a situation or condition |
Assist | To help or aid |
Mercantilism | The theory that a country should sell more goods than it buys |
Boycott | The refusal to purchase goods |
Repeal | To cancel a law |
Delegate | A representative to a meeting |
Independence | Self-reliance and freedom from outside control |