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Ch.2 Terms
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10th Grade
02/01/2013

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Indentured Servant 

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workers who contracted with American colonist for food and shelter in return for labor
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Boycott

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The refusal to purchase certain goods. 
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Colony 

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A group of people in one place who are ruled by a parent country.
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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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Delegate

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A representative to a meeting.

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Independence

Definition
  Self-reliance and freedom from outside control.
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Enlightenment 

Definition
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 that makes laws.
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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 religions of England.
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Pilgrims 

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Colonial puritans who considered themselves people on a religious journey. 
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Common Law

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Natural Rights

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Tidewater

Definition
Areas of low, flat plains near the seacoast of Virginia and  N.C.
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Triaungular Trade

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Pattern of trade that developed in colonial times among the Americas, Africa, and Europe.
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Social Contract

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An agreement among people in a society with a government.
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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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Joint-stock colony 

Definition
Investors provide partial ownership in a company organized for profit. 
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Repeal 

Definition
To cancel a law.
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Precedent

Definition
A ruling that is used as the basis for a judicial decision in a later, similar case.
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Self-governing Colony  

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A colony ruled by settlers who came on their own.
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Puritans 

Definition
Religious dissenter who came to the colonies to purify, or reform, the Anglican church. 
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Plantation 

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A large state.
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Middle Passage 

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The journey slaves made across the Atlantic to America. 
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Compact

Definition
An agreement, or contract, among a group of people.
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Proprietary Colony 

Definition
Area with owner-controlled land and government.
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