Chapter 2 vocab

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Enlightenment

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Movement that spread the idea that reason and science could improve society

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Monarch

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A government with hereditary or a single leader such as a king or queen

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Legislature

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A group of people that make laws

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Precedent

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A ruling that is used as the basis for judicial decision in later, single cases

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Common Law

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A system of laws based on precedent and customs

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Natural Right

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Freedoms people possess relating to life, liberty, and property

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Social Contract

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An agreement among people in a society with a government

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Colony

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A group of people in one place who are ruled by a parent country elsewhere

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Joint-Stock-Company

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Investors provide partial ownership in a company organized for profit

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Charter

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A written document granted land and the authority to set up colonial governments