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