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chapter 2 Vocab.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 precedents and customs |
| Natural Rights | Freedoms and 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 i one place who are ruled by a apparent 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 governments |
| Compact | An agreement, or contract among a group of people |
| Proprietary Colony | Are 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 religion faith other than the official religion of England |
| Puritans | Religious dissenters who came to the colonies to purify, or reform the Anglican church |
| Pilgrams | Colonial puritans who considered themselves people on a religious journey |
| Plantation | A large estate |
| Indentured servant | workers who contracted with american colonist for food and shelter in return for their labor |
| Toleration | Acceptance of other groups, such as religious groups |
| Triangular trade | Pattern of trade that developed in colonial times among the Americas, African and europe |
| Tidewater | Areas of low, flat-plains near sea coast 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 |
| Boyscott | The refusal to purchase certain goods |
| Delegates | A representative to a meeting |
| Independence | Self-Reliance and freedom from outside control |
| Repeal | To cancel a law |
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