History 1.1 - 2.7 Vocab - 8th Grade Flashcards
Innovation
A new method or idea
Modification
A change
Plantation
A large estate formed by many workers
Charter
A legal document
Representative gorvernment
A political system in which voters elect representatives to make laws for them
Alliance
An agreement between nations to aid and protect one another
Frontier
A border, especially the border of an area of settlement in a line past which land is not settled
Persecution
The mistreatment or punishment of a group of people because of their beliefs
Precedent
An act or decision that sets an example for others to follow
Cash crop
A crop sold for money at marked
Debtor
A person who cannot pay money he or she owes
Slave codes
Laws that controlled lives of enslaved Africans and African Americans and denied them basic rights
Racism
The belief that one race is superior to another
Gentry
The highest social class in the English colonies
Middle class
In the English colonies, a class that included skilled craft workers, farmers, and some tradespeople
Apprentice
A person who learned a trade or craft from a master
Enlightenment
The movement in Europe on the 1700 that emphasized the use of reason
Mercantilism
The theory that a nations economic strength came from selling more that it bought from other nations
Export
A trade product sent to markets outside a country
Legislature
A group of people who have the power to make laws
bill of rights
A written list of freedoms the government promises to protect
English Bill of Rights
A 1689 document that guaranteed you h rights of English citizens
Imports
Trade products brought into a country