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earning capacity
maximum earning ability a person has based on her education and talents
geographic diversity
New England middle and Southern colonies
justice
fair punishment for harm/destruction
Mayflower Compact
the governmentcreated by Pilgrims, first colonial democracy
security
safety
parliament
English bichameral legislature
American Indians
already inhabited AMericas when Europeans arrived
Unemployment
not having a job
homelessness
not having a permanent residence
racial discrimination
unfair prejudice against an ethnic, or culturally different person
Substance Abuse
when drugs/substance makes a person dependent
poverty
person or community that goes without
Literacy
ability to use language to read; write; listen; and speak
acid rain
rainswater tainted by acid pollution
federal emergency management agency
agency of the Department of HOmeland Security
economic choices
deicsions made by consumers based on demand of resources
mechantilism
when a country exports more than it imports to get more wealth
citizen apathy
lack of interest or participation
Plantation system
economic system revolving around agriculture that focuses on using slavery as a cheap labor source
common law
all based on court precedents and custom
prison reform
social program to change the penal system
pollution
chemical, gases and waste created/put off by businesses
self-determination
living life by one's choices, self-reliance
Bacon's Rebellion
In Surry County, Va, the colonists felt the government should protect all colonists, not just wealthy planters
Magna Carta
forced the ENglish king to accept the rule of law
legal choices
decisions made by individuals and societies based on values and community standards
political choices
decisions made by the electorate from the available decisions on the ballot
freedom
liberty and independence from unreasonable control
taxation
when government takes a percentage of taxes
natural disasters
emergency situations
New Immigration
patterns of immgration with large numbers of immgrants
town meetings
examples of direct democracy derrived by the form of government created by the Mayflower compact
proprietary claim
colony governed by a high-born owner
middle passage
part of the triangluar trade route: betwen Africa and North America
disease
issue that may confront a society
waste disposal
POLICY THAT DEALS WITH THE HANDLING, TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL OF RESIDENTIAL WASTE PRODUCTS
law and order
in a society maintaining peace and people abide by laws
joint stock company
individuals pour resources into a company in order to secrue a charter for AMerica
Graft
pocketing public funds for personal use
economic cycles
natural movement of economy-from prosperity to recession and back
crime
violation of lcoal, state or national laws
triangular trade routes
shipping routes developed between North America, Africa and Europe with a foucs on sugar, rum and slaves
Jamestown, Va
1st permanent english settlement estabished in 1607
slavery
making people work without pay of any kind
Salem witch trials
mass hysteria and religious intolerance that occurred in Massachusets
indentured servants
colonists who agreed to work for certain period of time in order to pay off their passage to another country
religious dissenters
people who disagreed with their countries state religion and came to AMerica for religious freedom
Royal charter
colony governed by a king
greenhouse effect
warming of the earth's atmosphere from industrial and commercial gases

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