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