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civics chapter 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| enlightenment | movement that spread the idea that reason and science could improve society. |
| monarch | a 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 rights | freedoms people possess relating to life, liberty, and property. |
| social contract | is a agreement among the people in a society. |
| colony | is 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 | written document granting land and the authority to set up colonial government. |
| compact | a agreement or contract among a group of people. |
| proprietary colony | the owner, or proprietor owned the land and controlled the government. |
| royal colony | a colonial are of land controlled directly by a king or other monarch. |
| religious dissenters | people who follow a religious faith more different from england |
| puritans | a a religious dissenter who came to the colonies to purify, or reforn, the aglican chruch. |
| pilgrim | people on a religious journey |
| toleration | not accepting other beliefs, practices, or differences. |
| indentured servant | workers who contracted with american colonists for food and shelter in return for their labor |
| plantation | large estate |
| triangular trade | the pattern of trade that developed among the americans, africa, and europe. |
| tidewater | areas of flat low plains near the seacoast |
| egalitarianism | equality |
| mercantilism | theory that a countries power depends on its wealth |
| boycott | refuse to buy british goods |
| repealed | to cancel |
| delegate | representatives |
| independence | self reliance and freedom from outside control |
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