Chapter 2: Vocab

Question 0

MONARCH

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king or queen

Question 1

ENLIGHTENMENT

Answer 1

movement that spread the idea that reason and science could improve society

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LEGISLATURE

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a group of people that makes laws

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PRECEDENT

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a ruling that is use as the basis for a judicial decision in a later, similar case

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COMMON LAW

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a system of law based on precedent and customs

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NATURAL RIGHTS

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freedoms people possess relating to life, liberty, and property (the pursuit of happiness)

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SOCIAL CONTRACT

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an agreement among people and in a society with a government

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COLONY

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a group of people in one place who are ruled by a parent country elsewhere

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JOINT-STOCK COMPANY

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investors provide partial ownership in a company organized for profit

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CHARTER

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a written document granting land and the authority to set up colonial governements

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COMPACT

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an agreement, or contract, among a group of people

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PROPRIETARY COLONY

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area with owner-controlled land and government

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ROYAL COLONY

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a colonial area of land controlled directly by a king or other monarch

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RELIGIOUS DISSENTERS

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those who followed a religious faith other than the official religion of England

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PURITANS

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religious dissenters who came to the colonies to purify, or reform, the Anglican Church

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PILGRIMS

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colonial Puritans who considered themselves people on a religious journey

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TOLERATION

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acceptance of other groups, such as religious groups

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INDENTURED SERVANTS

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workers who contracted with American colonists for food and shelter in return for their labor

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PLANTATION

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a large estate

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TRIANGULAR TRADE

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pattern of trade that developed in colonial times among the Americas, Africa, and Europe

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TIDEWATER

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areas of low, flat plains near the sea coast of Virginia and North Carolina

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EGALITARIANISM

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the philosophy or spirit of equality

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MERCANTILISM

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the theory that a country should sell more goods to other countries than it buys

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BOYCOTT

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the refusal to purchase certain goods

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REPEAL

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to cancel a law

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DELEGATE

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a representative to a meeting

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INDEPENDENCE

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self-reliance and freedom from outside control