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Topic 2 Lesson 2 and
Topic 2 Lesson 2,3,4,5,6,7
| Protestant Reformation | movement to reform the Roman Catholic Church that led to the creation of many different Christian Churches |
| proprietary colony | an English colony in which the king gave land to proprietors in exchange for a yearly payment |
| royal colony | a colony under direct control of the English crown |
| representative government | a political system in which voters elect representatives to make laws |
| Magna Carta | a British document signed in 1215 that contained two basic ideas: monarchs themselves have to obey the laws, and citizens have basic rights |
| Quakers | Protestant reformers who believe in the equality of all people |
| Act of Toleration | a 1649 Maryland law that provided religious freedom for all Christians |
| slave codes | laws that controlled the lives of enslaved Africans and African Americans and denied them basic rights |
| Mayflower Compact | 1620 agreement for ruling the Plymouth Colony |
| precedent | an act or decision that sets an example for others to follow |
| Putitans | a group of English Protestants who settled the Massachusetts Bay Colony |
| Great Awakening | a religious movement i the English colonies in the mid-1700s, also know as the First Great Awakening |
| Fundamental Orders of Connecticut | a 1639 plan for government in the Puritan colony of Connecticut |
| Enlightenment | the movement in Europe in the 1600s and 1700s that emphasized the use of reason |
| navigation acts | a series of English laws beginning in the 1650s that regulated trade between England and its colonies |
| triangular trade | the colonial trade route between New England, Africa, and the West Indies |
| English Bill of Rights | a 1689 document that guaranteed the rights of English citizens |
| legislature | a group of people who have the power to make laws |
| mercantilism | the theory that a nation's economic strength came from selling more that it bought from other nations |
| charter | a legal document giving certain rights to a person or company |
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