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Chapter 2

TermDefinition
Charter A written document granting land and the authority to set up colonial governments; a government document granting permission to organize a corporation.
Compact An agreement, or contract, among a group of people.
Colony A group of people in one place who are ruled by a parent country elsewhere.
Common Law A system of law based on precedent and custom.
Boycott The refusal to purchase certain goods.
Delegate A representative to a meeting.
Enlightenment Movement that spread the idea that reason and science could improve society.
Egalitarianism The philosophy or spirit of equality.
Tidewater Areas of low, flat plains near the seacoast of Virginia and North Carolina.
Triangular Trade Pattern of trade that developed in colonial times among the Americas, Africa, and Europe.
Toleration Acceptance of other groups, such as religious groups.
Repeal To cancel a law.
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.
Independence Self-reliance and freedom from outside control.
Indentured Servant Workers who are contracted with American colonists for food and shelter in return for their labor.
Mercantilism The theory that a country should sell more goods to other countries than it buys.
Monarch King or queen.
Legislature A group of people that make laws.
Natural Rights Freedoms people possess relating to life, liberty, and property.
Social Contract An agreement among people in a society with a government.
Joint-stock Company Investors provide partial ownership in a company organized for profit.
Proprietary Colony Area with owner-controlled land and government.
Puritan Religious dissenter who came to the colonies to purify, or reform, the Angelic Church.
Pilgrims Colonial Puritans who considered themselves people on a religious journey.
Plantation A large estate.
Precedent A ruling that is used as the basis for a judicial decision in a later, similar case.
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