Vocab
Part of the government that makes laws
Legislature
The working class
Middle Class
Written list of freedoms that a government promises to protect
Bill of Rights
On the second leg of the triangular trade ships carried rum guns and other goods from where to where?
From New England to West Africa
School supported by taxes
Public School
The upper class of society
The Gentry
Rights that belong to every human being from birth
Natural rights
List of rules created to restrict the rights of enslaved people
Slave codes
The principal that a person cannot be held in prison without being charged with a specific crime
Habeas Corpus
Both men and women
Principle by which the powers of government are divided among separate branches
Separation of Powers
What was the most important purpose of the Magna Carta?
The belief that one race is superior to another
Racism
The lowest class of society
Indentured Servants
A family that includes, in addition to the parents and their children, other members such as grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins
Extended Family
What is Triangular Trade?
The trade route between the colonies, islands of the Caribbean and Africa
Schools that women opened in their homes to teach girls and boys to read and write
Dame Schools
What role did women play in colonial America? What type of "domestic responsibilities" did they have?
The publishing of statements that damage a person's reputation
Libel
Most schools in the 1600's were under what type of sponsorship?
Religious sponsorship