movement that spread the idea that reason and science could improve society
monarchprecedent
enlightenmentnatural rights
movement that spread the idea that reason and science could improve society
enlightenment
king or queen
authoritymonarch
natural rightscolony
king or queen
monarch
a group of people that makes laws
legislatureauthority
social contractagreement
a group of people that makes laws
legislature
a ruling that is used as the basis for a judicial decision in a later, similar case
authoritycommon law
compactprecedent
a ruling that is used as the basis for a judicial decision in a later, similar case
precedent
a system of law based on precedent and customs
common lawprecedentcompactauthority
a system of law based on precedent and customs
common law
freedoms people possess relating to life, liberty, and property
tolerationgrant
natural rightsprecedent
freedoms people possess relating to life, liberty, and property
natural rights
an agreement among people in a society with a government
social contractcompact
agreementcolony
an agreement among people in a society with a government
social contract
a group of people in one place who are ruled by a parent country elsewhere
royal colonycolony
mercantilismjoint-stock company
a group of people in one place who are ruled by a parent country elsewhere
colony
investors provide partial ownership in a company organized for profit
proprietary colonygrant
joint-stock companyroyal colony
investors provide partial ownership in a company organized for profit
joint-stock company
a written document granting land and the authority to set up colonial governments;
or a government document granting permission to organize a corporation
grantroyal colony
joint-stock companycharter
a written document granting land and the authority to set up colonial governments;
or a government document granting permission to organize a corporation
charter
an agreement, or contract, among a group of people
grantcompactcolony
document
an agreement, or contract, among a group of people
compact
area with owner-controlled land and government
propriety colonyjoint-stock company
royal colonytoleration
area with owner-controlled land and government
propriety colony
a colonial area of land controlled directly by a king or other monarch
colonyjoint-stock company
compactroyal colony
a colonial area of land controlled directly by a king or other monarch
royal colony
those who followed a religious faith other than the official religion of England
indentured servantegalitarianism
religious dissenterPuritan
those who followed a religious faith other than the official religion of England
religious dissenter
areas of low, flat plains near the seacoast of Virginia and North Carolina
coastaltidewaterpiedmontlow-lands
areas of low, flat plains near the seacoast of Virginia and North Carolina
tidewater
religious dissenter who came to the colonies to purify, or reform, the Anglican
Church
PuritanPilgrim
indentured servantcolonist
religious dissenter who came to the colonies to purify, or reform, the Anglican
Church
Puritan
pattern of trade that developed in colonial times among the Americas, Africa, and
Europe
joint-stock companyroyal colony
compacttriangular trade
pattern of trade that developed in colonial times among the Americas, Africa, and
Europe
triangular trade
colonial Puritans who considered themselves people on a religious journey
PuritansPilgrims
indentured servantsslaves
colonial Puritans who considered themselves people on a religious journey
Pilgrims
workers who contracted with American colonists for food and shelter in return for
their labor
indentured servantslaves
colonistsauthority
workers who contracted with American colonists for food and shelter in return for
their labor
indentured servant
the philosophy or spirit of equality
equalismoneness
separatismegalitarianism
the philosophy or spirit of equality
egalitarianism