Colonial Vocabulary
This term referred to the upper class of colonial society.
Gentry
This group of people was allowed to vote in the American colonies.
Most white males
Women in colonial America were expected to marry men chosen by these people.
their parents
This historic document was the first to place limits on an English ruler’s power.
Magna Carta
Describe conditions on slave ships.
hot, crowded, suffering
She was America’s first published poet.
Anne Bradstreet
This Enlightenment thinker argued for natural rights and challenged divine right.
John Locke
Colonial children were expected to begin working at this age.
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English legal rights led colonists to expect this in their government.
A voice in government
The brutal journey enslaved Africans endured from Africa to the Americas was called this.
Middle Passage
A person who agreed to work for a number of years in exchange for ocean passage.
Indentured servant
His trial helped establish freedom of the press.
Peter Zenger
This colony had a ban on slavery until the 1750s.
Georgia
Slave codes were written mainly because colonial authorities feared these.
Slave revolts
African rhythms, instruments, and folktales influenced this developing culture.
American culture
This preacher played a major role in the Great Awakening.
Jonathan Edwards
He believed people could overthrow a monarch if natural rights were violated.
John Locke
Most white males in the colonies were allowed to participate in this civic activity.
voting
This movement inspired ideas of natural rights and challenged monarchy.
Enlightenment
A language blending English and several African languages, spoken in the South.
Gullah
He wrote Poor Richard’s Almanack.
Benjamin Franklin
Montesquieu’s most famous idea, later used in the U.S. Constitution.
separation of powers
Unlike modern public schools, colonial public schools included instruction in
a. religion
b. poetry
c. politics
Religion
This led to the rise of many new charges in the colonies.
The Great Awakening
African styles influenced these items commonly created or used in the colonies.
goods (crafts, clothing, etc.)