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ch.2 Vocab.

TermDefinition
Enlightment Movement that spread the idea that reason and science could improve society.
Monarch King or queen.
Legislature A group of people that makes laws.
Precedent A ruling that is used as the basis for a judicial decision in a later, similiar case.
Common Law A system of law based on precedent and customs.
Natural Rights Freedoms people posses relating to life, liberty, and property.
Social contact An agreement among people in a society with a govermemt.
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 goverments or a goverment document granting permission to organize a corp.
Compact An agreement, or contract, amoung a group of people.
Proprietary colony Area with owner- controlled land and gov.
Royal colony A colonial area of a land controlled directly by a king or other monarch.
Religous Dissenters Those who followed a reliqous faith other than the official rel. of England.
Puritans Religous dissenter who came to the colonies to purify or reform the Anglican church.
Pilgrims Colonial puritans who considered themselves people on a rel. journey.
Toleration Acceptance of other groups, such as rel. groups.
Indentured Servant Workers who contracted with American colinists for food and shelter in reuturn for their labor.
Plantation A large estate.
Triangular Trade Pattern of trade that devoloped in colonial times among the Americans, Africa, and Europe.
Tidewater Areas of low, flat, plains near the seacost of Virginia and NC.
Egalitarianism The philosophy or spirit of equality.
Mercantlism The theory that a country should sell more goods to other countries that it buys.
Boycott The refusal to purchase certain goods.
Repeal To cancel a law.
Delegate A representative to a meeting.
Independence Self-reliance and freedom from outside control.
Created by: stevenhicks11
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