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Civics Chpt. 2
chapter 2 content vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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enlightenment | movement to spread the idea that reason and scsience could improve society |
monarch | king or queen |
legislature | a lawmaking body |
precedent | a ruling in an earlier case that was similar |
common law | a system of law based on precedents and customs |
natural rights | freedoms people possess such as life, liberty, and property |
social contract | an agreement among the people in a society |
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 company organized for profit |
charter | a written document granting land and the authority to set up colonial government |
compact | an agreement or contract, among a group of people |
proprietary colony | colony in which the owner, or proprietor, owned the land and controlled the government. |
royal colony | a colony owned and ruled directly by one king |
religious dissenters | those who followed a faith other than the official religion of england, anglican religion |
puritans | people who wanted to reform or purify the anglican church |
pilgrims | people on a religious journey |
toleration | acceptance of other religions |
indentured servants | workers who contracted with american colonists for food and shelter in return for their labor |
plantation | a large estate |
triangular trade | pattern of trade that developed among the americas, africa, and europe |
tidewater | areas of flat, low plains |
egalitarianism | spirit of equality |
mercantilism | theory that a country's power depends on its wealth |
boycott | refuse to buy something |
repealed | cancelled |
delegates | state representatives |
independence | self-reliance or freedom from outside control |