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Civics Ch.2 Voc
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Enlightenment | 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 passes 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 permission to organize a corportation |
| 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 ae king or other 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 |
| inturned servant | workers who contracted with America colonist for food and shelter |
| plantation | southern estate |
| triangular trade | trade between America Europe and Africa |
| Tidewater | areas of flat low plains near the seacoast of Virgina and North Carolina |
| Egalitarianism | two powerful influences helped create a spirit or equality |
| Mercantilism | is the theory that a country's power depends on its wealth |
| boycott | protest colonist or refuse to buy British goods |
| repealed | British parliament cancelled the stamp act |
| Delegates | representatives |
| independence | self-reliance and freedom from outside control |
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