AP US HISTORY CHAPTER 2 Flashcards
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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 |