AP US HISTORY CHAPTER 2 Flashcards

5292351661	Chattel slavery	a system of bondage in which a salve has the legal status of property and so can be bought and sold like property.	0
5292351662	neo-Europes	where colonists sought to replicate, or at least approximate, economies, and social structures they knew at home	1
5292351663	encomienda	a grant of Indian labor in Spanish America given in the sixteenth century by the Spanish kings to prominent men	2
5292351664	outwork	a system of manufacturing, merchants bought woodland then hired landless peasants in which the merchants would sell in English and foreign markets.	3
5292351665	mercantilism	a system of political economy based on government regulation. Beginning in 1650, Britain enacted Navigation Acts that controlled colonial commerce and manufacturing for the enrichment of Britain.	4
5292351666	House of Burgesses	Organ of government in colonial Virginia made up of an assembly of representatives elected by the colony's inhabitants.	5
5292351667	royal colony	The colony's governor was appointed by the crown and served according to the instruction of the Board of Trade	6
5292351668	freeholds	land owned in its entirety, without feudal dues or land- lord obligations . Freeholders had the legal right to improve, transfer, or sell their landed property.	7
5292351669	head right system	a system of land distribution usually 50 acres	8
5292351670	indentured servitude	workers contracted for service for a specified period. received passage across the Atlantic, room and board	9
5292351671	Pilgrims	one of the first Protestant groups to come to America, seeking a separation from the Church	10
5292351672	Puritans	dissenters from the church of England who wanted a genuine reformation rather than the partial reformation. The puritan s religious principles emphasized the importance of an individual's relationship with God developed through Bible study, prayer, and introspection	11
5292351673	joint-stock corporation	A financial organization devised by English merchants around 1550 that facilitated the colonization of North America. In these companies, a number of investors pooled their capital and received shares of stock in the enterprise to their share of the total investment.	12
5292351674	predestination	The Protestant Christian belief that God chooses certain people for salvation before they are born.	13
5292351675	toleration	the allowance of different religious beliefs	14
5292351676	covenant of grace		15
5292351677	town meeting	a system of local government in New England in which all male heads of households met regularly to elect selectmen, levy local taxes, and regulate markets, roads, and schools.	16