People
A colonial poet
Anne Bradstreet
The principle that a person cannot be held in prison without being charged with a specific crime
Habeas Corpus
Someone who learns a trade by working for someone in that trade for a certain period of time.
Apprentice
A family that includes, in addition to the parents and their children, other members such as grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins
Extended Family
Division of the power of government into separate branches
Separation of Powers
An enslaved African poet
Phillis Wheatley
A group of people who have the power to make laws
Legislature
A school supported by taxes
Public School
The upper class of colonial society
Gentry
The belief that monarchs get their authority to rule directly from God
Divine Right
Colonial writer, inventor, scientist, community leader
Benjamin Franklin
A written list of freedoms that a government promises to protect
Bill of Rights
Schools that women opened in their homes to teach girls and boys to read and write
Dame School
Made up of small planters, independent farmers, and artisans.
Middle Class
Rights that belong to every human being from birth
Natural Rights
Colonial preacher
Jonathan Edwards
Strict laws that restricted the rights and activities of slaves
Slave Codes
The belief that one race is superior or inferior to another
Racism
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
Name one person in Mrs. Welch's family?Is that correct Mrs. Welch?
The publishing of statements that damage a person’s reputation
Libel
Signed a contract to work from 4 to 10 years in the colonies for anyone who would pay for his or her ocean passage to the Americas
Indentured Servant
The right of journalists to publish the truth without restriction or penalty.
Freedom of the Press
DAILY DOUBLE!!
Mrs. Hines
DAILY DOUBLE!!!!
What will we be learning about during the entire month of February?
Black History
A three-way trade between the colonies, the islands of the Caribbean, and Africa
Triangular Trade