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ch.2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| enlightenment | movement that spread the idea that reason and science could improve society. |
| monarch | a government with a hereditary, single leader. |
| 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 precedent law 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. |
| compact | an agreement, or contract, among a group of people. |
| proprietary colony | area with owner controlled land and government. |
| royal colony | a colonial area of land controlled directly by a king or other monarch. |
| religious dissenters | those who followed a religious faith other than the official religion of England. |
| puritans | religious dissenter who came to the colonies to purify, or reform, the Anglican church. |
| pilgrims | colonial puritans who considered themselves people on a religious journey. |
| toleration | acceptance of other groups, such as religious groups. |
| indentured servant | workers who contracted with the American colonists for food and shelter in return for their labor. |
| plantation | a large estate. |
| triangular trade | pattern of trade that developed in colonial times among the Americans, Africa, and Europe. |
| tidewater | area 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 outside control. |
| 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. |
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