Chapter 2 Vocab: Early American History Flashcards
Group of people that make laws
Legislature
A written paper that provides info or proof of something
Document
Power or influence over other people or groups
Authority
When something is allowed
Granted
Ruling that is used as the basis for a judicial decision in a later, similar case
Precedent
System of law based on precedent and customs
Common law
Freedoms people possess relating to life, liberty, and property
Natural rights
An agreement among people in a society with a gov’t
Social contract
Group of people in one place who are ruled by a parent country elsewhere
Colony
Investors provide partial ownership in a company organized for profit
Joint stock company
Written document granting land and the authority to set up colonial gov’ts
Charter
An agreement or contract among a group of people
Compact
Area with owner controlled land and gov’t
Proprietary colony
A colonial area of land controlled directly by a king or other monarch
Royal colony
Colony with an elected gov’t in which elected rulers are able to make most decisions w/out referring to the colonial power
Self-governing colony
Those who followed a religious faith other than the official religion of england
Religious dissenter
Acceptance of other groups such as religious groups
Tolerance
Workers who contracted w/american colonists for food and shelter in return for their labor
Indentured servants
Condition in which one person is owned as property by another and is under the owner’s control
Slavery
Large estate
Plantation
Pattern of trade that developed in colonial times among the americas, africa, and europe
Triangular trade
Philosophy of spirit of equality
Egalitarianism
Theory that a country should sell more goods to other countries than it buys
Mercantilism
Refusal to purchase certain goods
Boycott
To cancel a law
Repeal
A representative to a meeting
Delegates
Self reliance and freedom from outside control
Independence
Violent uprising against an authority or gov’t
Insurrection
A meeting of the voters of a town for the transaction of a public business
Town meeting
Group or people who are responsible for making the laws in some kinds of gov’t
Parliament
Political system in which legalized force is restricted through delegated and enumerated powers
Limited gov’t
King or queen
Monarch
