Chapter 2 Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
Enlightenment | Movement that spread the idea that reason and science could improve society. |
Monarch | King or queen |
Legislature | A lawmaking badly-parliament |
Precedent | A ruling that is used as the basic for a Judaical decision in a later similar case. |
Common Law | A system of law based on precedent |
Natural Rights | freedoms people passes relating to life , liberty , and property. |
Social Contract | An agreement among people in a society |
Colony | A group of people in one place with are ruled by a parent country |
Joint Stack Company | Investors partial ownership and a share in future profits. |
Charter | A written document granting land and the authority to set by colonial government. |
Compact | An agreement or contact among a group of people. |
Proprietary Colony | Owner or proprietor owned the land and controlled the government. |
Royal colony | owned and ruled directly by the king |
Religious Dissenters | Who followed a faith other than the official religion of England. |
Pilgrims | People on a religious journey |
Toleration | Acceptance of other religions |
Indentured Servant | Made it possible for poor people to come to the colonies. |
Plantation | Large Estate |
Triangular trade | Pattern of trade that developed among the Americans , Africa and Europe. |
Tidewater | Areas of flat, low plains near the seacoast of Virginia and North Carolina |
Egalitarianism | Equality |
Mercantilism | The theory that a country.s power depends on its wealth. |
Boycott | Refuse to buy |
Repeal | Cancelled , the stamp act |
Delegate | Representatives , to Philadelphia to discuss their concern. |
Independence | Self reliance and freedom from outside control. |
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