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| A government run by a small group of people |
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| A group of English Protestants who came to America seeking religious freedom during the 17th century |
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| A group of English Protestants who felt the Church of England was still too much like the Catholic Church. They moved to America during the 17th century. |
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| A large grant of land in the Americas, along with the Indians who lived on it, given by the Spanish government to conquistadors or colonists; the European owner was also granted the labor of those Indians which made it a type of communal slavery |
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| A period of European economic expansion from the 13th to 18th centuries based on trade, colonialism, and mercantilism |
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| An Act of the English Parliament passed in 1689 which guaranteed basic civil rights to English citizens; it also limited some of the powers of the monarch |
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| An economic theory which says trade generates wealth and that a country's goal should be to have a favorable balance of trade (sell more than they buy) and accumulate as much gold as possible |
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| Belonging to the time before the arrival of Columbus in the Western Hemisphere in 1492 |
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| Complete and unrestricted power in government |
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| Document the English king was forced to sign in 1215 which guaranteed freemen the right to a trial by jury and also required the king to get the approval of a council of noblemen before he levied new taxes; one of the first documents to limit the power of a monarch |
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| Money or property that is used to start or operate a business; money or property that a person or business owns |
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| Privately owned companies that sold stock to investors to raise money |
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| The belief that a king or queen receives the right to rule directly from God, not from the people |
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| The money a person or business has left over after they have paid all their bills |
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| The sea journey made by slaves as they were taken by ship from West Africa, across the Atlantic Ocean, to the West Indies |
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| The selling of African men, women, and children as slaves in North and South America from the 15th to the 19th century |
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