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Civics Voc 2
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Civics
10th Grade
02/01/2013

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Indentured Servant
Definition
workers contracted with American colonists for food and shelter in return for labor
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Boycott
Definition
refusal to purchase certain goods
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Colony
Definition
group of people ruled by a parent country
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Charter
Definition
written document granting land & the authority to set up colonial governments
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Delegate
Definition
a representative to a meeting
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Enlightenment
Definition
reason and science can improve society
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Monarch
Definition
king or queen
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Legilature
Definition
group of people that make laws
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Royal Colony
Definition
area controlled directly by a king or other monarch
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Religious Dissenters
Definition
those who followed religious faith other than the official religion of England
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Pilgrims
Definition
Puritans who considered themselves on a religious journey
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Common Law
Definition
law based on precedent and customs
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Natural Rights
Definition
freedom to life, liberty, and property
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Tidewater
Definition
low flat plains near the seacoast of Virginia and North Carolina
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Triangular Trade
Definition
trade developed among the Americas, Africa, and Europe
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Social Contract
Definition
agreement among people in a society with a government
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Mercantilism
Definition
a country should sell more goods than it buys
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Independence
Definition
self-reliance freedom from outside controll
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Joint-stock Colony
Definition
partial ownership in a company organized for profit
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Repeal
Definition
to cancel law
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Precedent
Definition
ruling used as basis for judicial decision in later similar case
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Self-governing Colony
Definition
colony ruled by settlers who came on their own
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Puritans
Definition
religious dissenter who came to colonies to purify or reform Anglican church
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Middle Passage
Definition
journey slaves made across the Atlantic to America
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Compact
Definition
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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Plantation
Definition
a large estate
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