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Social Studies
8th Grade
09/05/2012

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Term
Bill of rights
Definition
written list of freedoms that a government promises to protect
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Charter

Definition
official document that gives certai rights to an individual or a group
Term
debtor
Definition
person who cannot pay his o r her debts
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extened family
Definition
close knit family group that includes parents, children, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins
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legislature
Definition
part of govenmen that makes laws
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libel
Definition
publising of false statements that unjusty damage a perons reputation
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pilgrim
Definition
perso who takes who takes a religous journey
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plantation
Definition
large estates farmed by many workers
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seperation of powers
Definition
priciple by which the powers of government are divided amoung seperate branches
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toleration
Definition
recognition that other people have the right to differnt opinions
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triangle trade
Definition
three-way colonial trade route between the colonies the islands of the cribbean, africa
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whats the differnence
Definition
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apprentice - indentured servant
Definition
  • person who learns a trade or craft from a master.
  • person who signs a contract to work for a set number of years 
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backcountry-borderland
Definition
  • frontier region bc
  • along a frontier bl
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divine right- nautral rights
Definition
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