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Chap 2 Civics
Chapter 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Enlightenment | Movement that spread the idea that reason and science could improve society. |
| Monarch | King or Queen. |
| Legislature | A group of that makes laws. |
| Precedent | A ruling that is used as a basis for a judicial decision in a later, similar case. |
| Common Law | A system of law based on precedent and customs. |
| Natural Rights | Freedoms people process 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 | Investors provide partial ownership in a company organized for profit. |
| Charter | A written document granting land and the authority to set up colonial government or a government document granting permission to organize a corporation. |
| Compact | An agreement, or contract, among a group of people. |
| Property Colony | Area with owner-controlled land and government |
| Royal Colony | A colonial area of land controlled directly by a king or monarch. |
| Religious Dissenter | Those who followed a religious faith other than the official religion of England. |
| Puritan | Religious dissenter who came to the colonies to purify, or reform, the Anglican Church. |
| Pilgrim | 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 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 Americas,Africa, and Europe. |
| 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 buy it. |
| 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. |