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Colonial America T
Question | Answer |
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Identured Servant | Contracted individuals who do work for another, for as many as seven years to repay their fee for their passage. |
writ of habeas corpus | a court order to a person or agency holding someone incustody to deliver the imprisoned individual to the court issuing the order |
republic | Nation in which voters choose representatives to govern them. |
natural rights | rights that all people are entitled to from birth life, liberty, property |
salutary neglect | a healthy ignoring of the colonies. |
mercantilism | Belief in the benefits of profitable trading. |
democracy | A system of goverment by the whole population |
Articles of Confederation | the first American constitution. |