Flashcards in Lesson 5 Deck (49)
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Constituent
A person represented by an elected official
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Covenant
An agreement
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Indentured servant
A person who sold his or her labor, usually in exchange for the cost of the trip from Europe to the colonies
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Magistrate
Judge of the colony
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Mayflower compact
An early example of social contract theory put into practice in America
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Suffrage
The right to vote
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England wanted to establish
Colonies in North America
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Two incentive plans of England were
Royal proprietorships and joint-stock companies
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Royal proprietorships
Provinces
11 of the 13 colonies founded as proprietorships
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Joint stock companies
Business ventures
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Mayflower compact was an early example of
Social contract theory put into practice in America
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The mayflower compact laid the
Foundation for the state of Massachusetts
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Conditions of an undeveloped land profoundly affected
Economic
Social
And political life in colonial America
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Land was
Cheap and readily available
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Labor was
Scarce
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Indentured servant was a person who
Sold his or her labor typically in exchange for cost of trip from Europe to colonies
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No indentured and free laborers earned
Higher wages in America than in Europe
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Some people became wealthy and others failed creating
A class of American poor
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Free inhabitants mostly achieved at least
Moderate prosperity
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English practices that protested the landed aristocracy in Great Britain
Did not survive
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England's class system was
Harder to maintain in America
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The chance to improve ones lot in life became
An essential idea about the American experience
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Charter is a written document from a
Government or ruler that grants certain rights
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Tradition of expressing rights in writing became an
Essential part of American constitutions
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Massachusetts body of liberties provided for
Rule of law and protection of rights of people living in that colony against abuse by a mahistrate or judge of the colony
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Massachusetts body of liberties was America's
First bill of rights
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Massachusetts body of liberties guaranteed
Trial by jury
Free elections
Right of free men to own property
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Mass body of liberties limited
Suffrage but guaranteed some political rights to those who didn't enjoy voting franchise
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Some rights were restricted to
Protestant white men or people who belonged to a colony's official state or established church
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