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Chapter 2

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Term
Definition
Enlightenment   Movement that spread the idea that reason and science could improve society.  
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Monarch   King or queen  
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Legislature   A lawmaking badly-parliament  
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Precedent   A ruling that is used as the basic for a Judaical decision in a later similar case.  
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Common Law   A system of law based on precedent  
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Natural Rights   freedoms people passes relating to life , liberty , and property.  
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Social Contract   An agreement among people in a society  
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Colony   A group of people in one place with are ruled by a parent country  
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Joint Stack Company   Investors partial ownership and a share in future profits.  
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Charter   A written document granting land and the authority to set by colonial government.  
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Compact   An agreement or contact among a group of people.  
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Proprietary Colony   Owner or proprietor owned the land and controlled the government.  
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Royal colony   owned and ruled directly by the king  
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Religious Dissenters   Who followed a faith other than the official religion of England.  
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Pilgrims   People on a religious journey  
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Toleration   Acceptance of other religions  
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Indentured Servant   Made it possible for poor people to come to the colonies.  
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Plantation   Large Estate  
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Triangular trade   Pattern of trade that developed among the Americans , Africa and Europe.  
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Tidewater   Areas of flat, low plains near the seacoast of Virginia and North Carolina  
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Egalitarianism   Equality  
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Mercantilism   The theory that a country.s power depends on its wealth.  
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Boycott   Refuse to buy  
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Repeal   Cancelled , the stamp act  
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Delegate   Representatives , to Philadelphia to discuss their concern.  
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Independence   Self reliance and freedom from outside control.  
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