Chapter 2, Sec 1, 2, 3, & 4
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Created by:
ericdye on October 12, 2011
Subjects:
history, social studies, colonial
Description:
Social Studies Vocabulary, Chapter 2, Sec 1, 2, 3, & 4
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Enlightenment | Movement that spread the idea that reason and science could improve society |
| Monarch | A government with a single leader |
| Legislature | A group of people that make laws |
| Precedent | A ruling that is used for a judicial decision in a later, similar case |
| Common law | A system of laws based on precedent and custom |
| Natural rights | Freedoms people have relating to life, liberty, and property |
| Social contract | An agreement among people in a society with 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 authority to set up colonial governments |
| Compact | An agreement or contract among a group of people |
| Document | A written paper that provides information or proof about something. |
| Authority | Power or influence over other people or groups. |
| Grant | To allow or permit |
| Proprietary Colony | Area with owner controlled land and government |
| Royal Colony | A colonial area of land controlled by a king or other monarch |
| Religious Dissenters | Those who follow a religious faith other than the official religion of England |
| Puritans | Religious dissenter who came to the colonies to purify, or reform, the Angelic Church |
| Pilgrims | Colonial Puritains 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 labor |
| Plantation | A large estate |
| Triangular Trade | A pattern of trade that developed in colonial among the Americas, Africa , and Europe |
| Acquire | To gain or get possession of |
| Decade | A period of ten years |
| Tidewater | Areas of low plains, near the seacoast of Virginia and North Carolina |
| Egalitarianism | Equality |
| Mercantilism | The theory our country depends upon for wealth |
| Boycott | Refuse to buy something at specific store |
| Repealed | Cancelled |
| Delegates | Representatives |
| Independence | Self reliance and freedom from outside control |
| The New England Way | Strict religious society created by the Puritans in Massachusetts |
| Backcountry | Area at the base of the Appalatian mountains |
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