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civics ch2
chapter 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| enlightenment | movement that spread the idea that reason and science could improve society |
| monarch | king or queen |
| legislature | a lawmaking body know as parliament |
| precedent | a ruling that is used as the basis for a judicial derision in a later similar cases |
| common law | a system of law based on precedent and customs |
| natural rights | freedom people posses 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 | investor provide partial ownership in a company organized for profit |
| charter | a written document granting land and the authority to set up colonial governments |
| compact | is an agreement or contract among a group of people |
| proprietary colony | which the owner owned land and controlled the government |
| royal colony | one owned and ruled directly by the king |
| religious dissenters | those who followed a religious faith other than the official religion England |
| puritans | religious dissenter who came to the colonies to purify or reform the Anglican church |
| pilgrims | people on a religious journey |
| toleration | acceptance of other religious |
| indentured servants | made it possible for poor people to come to the colonies |
| plantation | large estate |
| triangular trade | the pattern of trade that develop among the Americas Africa and Europe |
| tidewater | areas of flat low plains near the seacoast of Virgina and north Carolina |
| egalitarianism | powerful influences helped create a spirit |
| mercantilism | is the theory that a country's power depends on its wealth |
| boycott | refuse to buy |
| repeal | to cancel a law |
| delegate | representatives |
| Independence | freedom outside control |