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Chapter two
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Civics
10th Grade
02/01/2013

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Indentured servent
Definition
workers who contracted with American colonists for food and shelter in return for labor
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Boycott
Definition
the refusal to purchase certain goods
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Colony
Definition
a group of people in one place who is ruled by a parent country
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Charter
Definition
A written document granting land
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Delegate
Definition
A representative to a meeting
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Independence
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Freedom
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Enlightenment
Definition
movement that spread the idea of reason and science
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Monarch
Definition
King or Queen
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Legislature
Definition
A group of people that makes laws
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Royal Colony
Definition
Colonial area controlled directly by a king or another monarch
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Religious Dissenters
Definition
Those who follow a religious faith other than the officail religions of England
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Pilgrims
Definition
Colonial Puritans who considered themselves as people on a religious journey
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Comman Law
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Laws based on precendent and customs
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Natural Rights 
Definition
Relating to Life, Liberty and Property
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Tidewater 
Definition
Areas of low, flat plains
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Triangular Trade
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A patteren of trade amoung the Americans, Africans, and Eurpeans 
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Social Contract
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An agreement amoung people in a society within a government
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Mercantilism
Definition
The belief that a country should sell more goods than buy
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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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Precendent
Definition
a ruling that is used as the basis for judicail decision in a later, similar case
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Self-governing colony
Definition
a colony ruled by settlers who came on their own
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Puritans
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A religious dissenter who came to the colonies to purify or reform
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Plantation
Definition
a large estate
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Middle passage
Definition
the journey made by slaves across the Atlanticto America
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Compact
Definition
An agreement or contract
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Proprietary Colony
Definition
Area with owner-controlled land and government
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