Glencoe & You Chapter 2: Roots Of – Flashcards
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enlightenment
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movement that spread the idea that reason and science could improve society
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monarch
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king or queen
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legislature
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a group of people who have the power to make laws
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precedent
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a ruling in an earlier case that was similiar
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common law
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rests on court decisions rather than regulations written by lawmakers
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natural rights
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Freedoms people possess relating to life, liberty, and property
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social contract
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An agreement among people 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 governments
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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 servant
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Worker who contracted with American colonists for food and shelter in return for 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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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
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Document
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A written paper that provides information or proof of something
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Authority
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Power or influence over other people or groups
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Decade
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A period of 10 years
