A written document granting land and the authority to set up colonial governments; a government document granting permission to organize a corporation.

An agreement, or contract, among a group of people.

A group of people in one place who are ruled by a parent country elsewhere.

A system of law based on precedent and custom.

The refusal to purchase certain goods.

Movement that spread the idea that reason and science could improve society.

The philosophy or spirit of equality.

Areas of low, flat plains near the seacoast of Virginia and North Carolina.

Pattern of trade that developed in colonial times among the Americas, Africa, and Europe.

Acceptance of other groups, such as religious groups.

A colonial area of land controlled directly by a king or other monarch

Those who followed a religious faith other than the official religion of England.

Self-reliance and freedom from outside control.

Workers who are contracted with American colonists for food and shelter in return for their labor.

The theory that a country should sell more goods to other countries than it buys.

A group of people that make laws.

Freedoms people possess relating to life, liberty, and property.

An agreement among people in a society with a government.

Investors provide partial ownership in a company organized for profit.

Area with owner-controlled land and government.

Religious dissenter who came to the colonies to purify, or reform, the Angelic Church.

Colonial Puritans who considered themselves people on a religious journey.

A ruling that is used as the basis for a judicial decision in a later, similar case.

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Chapter 2

Term	Definition
Charter	A written document granting land and the authority to set up colonial governments; a government document granting permission to organize a corporation.
Compact	An agreement, or contract, among a group of people.
Colony	A group of people in one place who are ruled by a parent country elsewhere.
Common Law	A system of law based on precedent and custom.
Boycott	The refusal to purchase certain goods.
Delegate	A representative to a meeting.
Enlightenment	Movement that spread the idea that reason and science could improve society.
Egalitarianism	The philosophy or spirit of equality.
Tidewater	Areas of low, flat plains near the seacoast of Virginia and North Carolina.
Triangular Trade	Pattern of trade that developed in colonial times among the Americas, Africa, and Europe.
Toleration	Acceptance of other groups, such as religious groups.
Repeal	To cancel a law.
Royal Colony	A colonial area of land controlled directly by a king or other monarch
Religious Dissenters	Those who followed a religious faith other than the official religion of England.
Independence	Self-reliance and freedom from outside control.
Indentured Servant	Workers who are contracted with American colonists for food and shelter in return for their labor.
Mercantilism	The theory that a country should sell more goods to other countries than it buys.
Monarch	King or queen.
Legislature	A group of people that make laws.
Natural Rights	Freedoms people possess relating to life, liberty, and property.
Social Contract	An agreement among people in a society with a government.
Joint-stock Company	Investors provide partial ownership in a company organized for profit.
Proprietary Colony	Area with owner-controlled land and government.
Puritan	Religious dissenter who came to the colonies to purify, or reform, the Angelic Church.
Pilgrims	Colonial Puritans who considered themselves people on a religious journey.
Plantation	A large estate.
Precedent	A ruling that is used as the basis for a judicial decision in a later, similar case.

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