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Chapert 2 Vocabulary
| 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 geographic area that contains a specific number of voters |
| Common Law | A system of law based on precedent and customs. |
| Natural Rights | Freedoms 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 in one place who are ruled by a parent country elsewhere |
| Joint-stock Company | A resolution that is passes by both houses of Congress |
| Charter | A written document granting land and the authority to set up colonial government |
| Compact | An agreement , or contract , among a group of people |
| Propriety Colony | Area with owner-controlled land and government |
| Religious Dissenters | Those who followed a religious faith other than the official religion of England |
| Puritans | Religious dissenters who came to the colonies to purify , or reform , the Anglican Church |
| Toleration | Acceptance of other groups , such as religious groups |
| Indentured Servant | Workers who contracted with American colonist for food and shelter in return for their labor |
| Plantation | A large estate |
| Triangular Trade | An economic system in which the decisions of what , how , and for whom to provide are based on custom or habit |
| Tidewater | Areas of low , flat plains near the seacoast 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. |
| Boycott | The refusal to purchase certain goods |
| Repeal | to cancel a law |
| Delegate | A representative to a meeting |
| Independence | Self-reliance and freedom from out-side control |
| Royal Colony | A colonial area of land controlled directly by a king or other monarch |
| Pilgrims | Colonial Puritans who considered themselves people on a religious journey . |
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