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| Exploration | travel for the purpose of discovery. |
| Colonize | a group of people leave their native country to settle in a new land, but are still connected with the aprent nation; representative government-power is held by the peopl and exercised through the efforts of representatives elected by those people. |
| Charter | a contract given to seomeone to establish a colony. |
| Mercantilism | system by which a nation increases its wealth and power by obtaining from its colonies gold and silver. It includes a favorable balance of trade. The colonies became a source of raw materials for the mother country (England). The colonies are expected to be the purchasers of manufactured goods from the mother country. Mercantilism includes the theory that a colony exists for the economic benefit of the mother country. |
| Boycott | to refuse to have dealings with, usually to express disapproval of certain conditions. |
| Taxation | the action of taxing |
| Revolution | a fundamental change in political organization; the overthrow of a government. |
| Independence | The quality of state of being independent. |
| Natural Rights | Basic rights that government cannot deny from the people. |
| Colonial grievances | wrongs, as perceived by the colonists that were committed by the King George III toward the colonists. 27 grievances are listed in the Declatation of Independence. |
