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enlightenment
European intellectual movement of the late 17th and 18th centuries emphasizing reason and individualism rather than tradition
monarch
a sovereign head of state
legislature
the legislature body of a country or state
precedent
an event that is regarded as an example to similar circumstances
common law
law that is derived from a custom precedent rather than statues
natural rights
rights that people supposedly have under natural law
social contract
agreement among the members of a society to cooperate for social benefits, for example by sacrificing some individual freedom for state protection
colony
a country or area under the full or partial political control of another country, typically a distant one, and occupied by settlers from that country
joint-stock company
a company whose stock is owned jointly by the shareholders
charter
written grant by a country’s legislative or sovereign power, by which an institution such as a company, college, or city is created and its rights and privileges defined
compact
to agreements among states or between nations on matters in which they have a common concern
document
a piece of written, printed, or electronic matter that provides information or evidence of that serves as an official record
authority
the power or right to give orders, make decisions, and enforce obedience
grant
agree to give or allow to
proprietary colony
which the owner, or proprietor own the land controlled by the government
royal colony
owned and ruled directly by the king
religious dissenters
those who followed a faith other than the official religion or England, the anglican religion
Puritans
wanted to reform or purify the anglican church
Pilgrims
people on a religious journey
toleration
acceptance of other religions
indentured servant
poor people who came to the colonies
plantation
large estate
triangular trade
pattern of trade that developed among the Americas, Africa, and Europe
acquire
buy or obtain
decade
period of ten years
Tidewater
areas of low flat plains near the seacoast of Virginia and North Carolina
Egalitarianism
the philosophy of spirit and equality
adapt
to adjust or become adjusted to a situation or condition
assist
to help or aid
mercantilism
the theory that a country should sell more goods to other countries than it buys
boycott
the refusal to purchase certain goods
repeal
to cancel a law
delegate
a representative meeting
independence
self-reliance and freedom from outside control
challenge
a demand for justification or a dispute
restore
to bring back into existence or put back in an original condition
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