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chapter 2
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| enlightenment | movment that spread the idea that science and reason can improve society |
| monarch | king or queen |
| legislator | group of people that make laws |
| precedent | a ruling that is used as the basis for a judical decision in a later silimer case |
| common law | a sistem of law based on precedent and customs |
| natural rights | freedoms people posses relating to life liberty and freedom |
| social contract | an agreement among people of society with the goverment |
| colony | a group of people in one place ruled by people in another place |
| joint stock company | invester provide partial ownership of a company organized for profit |
| charter | a writen document granting land and the authority to set up colonial govermnet or a goverment contract granting permission to organize a corporation |
| compact | an agreement or contact among a group of people |
| propriety colony | are with owner contoled land and government |
| royal colony | a colonial area of land controlled directly by a king or monarch |
| religious dissenters | those who followed a religious faith other than the religion of england |
| puritains | religous dissenter who came to the colonies to purify or reform angelican church |
| pilgrims | colonial puritans who considered themselfs on a religious journey |
| toleration | acceptance of other groups such as religious groups |
| indentured sevant | workers who contacted for food and shelter for their labor |
| plantation | a large estate |
| triangle trade | pater of trade that developed in colonial times among the americas africa and euroup |
| tidewater | areas of low flat plains near the sea coast of virginia and north carolina |
| egalaritanism | philosophy of the spirit of equality |
| mercantilism | a theory that a country should sell more goods that it should buy |
| boycott | refusal to purchase certain goods |
| repeal | to cancel a law |
| delegate | a representative to a meeting |
| independence | self dependence and freedom from outside control |
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