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What is an alien?
a noncitizen of the United States
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What is a citizen?
A community member who owes loyality to the government and is entitled to protection from it.
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What is a proprietary colony?
A colony that is owned and controled by a private owner.
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Explain the idea of egalitarianism.
It is the theory of equality
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What is a social contract?
An agreement among people in society.
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What do you call a person who moves to a new country?
An immigrant.
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What is a representative democracy?
A government where people select their leaders who make decisions for them.
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Where can you find the Tidewater area?
In both North Carolina and Virginia.
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What is a royal colony?
A colony owned and ruled by a king.
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What was the 'Enlightenment'?
A movement in which many political traditions were formed.
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What is a budget?
A plan for collecting and spending money
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Explain the idea of majority rule.
I occurs when people follow the opinion of most people in the group.
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What is Common Law?
A legal system that rests on previous court decisions.
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What is a monarch?
A monarch is a king or queen.
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What is a boycott?
The refusal to purchase goods.
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Explain how a Direct Democracy works.
All citizens meet together to vote first hand.
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What is an authoritarian government.
A political system in which an individual holds power and is not accountable to the group.
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What is mercantilism?
The theory that a countries power depends on its wealth.
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What is a plantation?
A large farm usually located in the Southern colonies.
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Who were the Pilgrims?
People on a religious journey.
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What is a republic
A form of limited government where the people are the ultimate sources of power.
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Explain the concept of popular sovereignty.
Popular sovereignty is government by the consent of the governed.
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How did joint-stock companys work?
They provided investors partial ownership and a share in future profits.
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What is an indentured servant?
A person who agrees to work in exchange for food, shelter, and clothing.
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Accoriding to John Locke life, liberty, and property were ___________.
natural rights
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