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Chapter 3, Section 1
Vocab
Term | Definition |
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Mercantilism | economic system used from about the 1500s to the 1700s; held that a nation's power was directly related to its wealth |
Balance of Trade | the relationship between a country's imports and exports |
Navigation Acts | series of laws passed between 1651 and 1663 by Parliament stating that all goods coming from Europe of Africa to the colonies had to travel on British ships manned with a British crew |
Dominion of New England | a kind of supercolony that included all of New England, New York, and New Jersey |
William and Mary | (Daughter of King James II and her husband) jointly accepted a document that become known as the English Bill of Rights |
Glorious Revolution | a nonviolent revolution in which leaders of Britain's Parliament invited Mary, daughter of King James II, and her husband, the Dutch ruler William of Orange, to replace King James II |
English Bill of Rights | document drafted by Parliament to set limits on the monarch's powers |
Confederation | a group in which each member keeps control of internal affairs but all members cooperate on certain issues, such as defense |
Salutary Neglect | idea that the colonies benefited by being left alone, without too much British interference |