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ch. 2
Chapter 2
Term | Definition |
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Enlightment | movement that spread the idea that reason and science could improve society |
Monarch | king or queen |
Legislature | a group of people that makes laws |
Precedent | a ruling that is used as the 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 possess 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 governments or a government document granting permision to organize a corperation |
Compact | an agreement or contract among a group of people |
Proprietary Colony | area with owner controlled land and government |
Royal Colony | a colonial area of land controlled directly by a king or queen |
Religious Dissenters | those who followed a religious faith other than the official religion of England |
Puritans | religious dissenter who came to the colonies to purify or refor the Anglican Church |
Pilgrims | 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 |
Planation | 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 it buys |
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 |