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Chapter 2 Vocabulary
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 makes 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 | 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 company organized for profit |
Proprietary Colony | area with owner-controlled land and government |
Royal Colony | a colonial area of land controlled directly by a king or other monarch |
religious dissenter | those who followed a religious faith other than the official religion of England |
Puritan | religions dissenter who came to the colonies to purify , or reform, the Anglican Church |
Pilgrim | colonial Puritans who considered themselves people on a religious journey |
Toleration | acceptance of 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 that developed in colonial times among the Americas,Africa, & Europe |
Adapt | to adjust or become adjusted to a situation or condition |
Assist | to help or aid |
Tidewater | Areas of low, flat plains near the seacoast of Virginia and North Carolina |
Egalitarianism | The philosophy or spirit of equality |
Mercantilism | The theory that a country should sell more goods to other countries than 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 |