Governing the Colonies (4.1)
The magna carta (the first document to limit or restrict the power of the monarch or king) guaranteed the right to trial by what?
Jury
For colonies who lived on farms, a large family was considered an:
a. advantage
b. disadvantage
a. advantage
The commerce between the colonies, the West Indies,and Africa was called what?
Triangular Trade
Who was the enslaved African poet in the 1760s Boston?
Phillis Wheatley
Which English King had 6 wives?
King Henry the 8th
The publishing of statements that damage a person's reputation is called what?
Libel
What were the toys that colonial children usually play with made of?
Cornhusks
By the late 1600s the southern economy had come to depend on what?
Slavery
Some women opened up a ____ ________ in their home to teach girls and boys how to read.
What is Lord Protector?
Regent, Head of State (Not King, but so totally King)
A principle that a person cannot be held in prison without being charged with a crime is called what?
Habeas Corpus
Who is a part of the extended family?
Grandparents, Aunts, Uncles, and Cousins
Which of these could a slave NOT do under the slave codes:
a. Meet in a large group
b. Buy books
c. Own Weapons
d. Read and write
e. Speak Gullahf. Go anywhere they like
a, c, d, f
The religious enthusiasm that swept through the colonies in the 1730s/40s was called what?
The Great Awakening
What Roman Emperor was reported to have been stabbed 23 times (and died from his wounds)?
Julius Caesar
Who was NOT allowed to vote in the colonies (List all 3)?
Women, African Americans, and Native Americans
Could the poor work their way up into the middle class by acquiring property?
Yes
Which two colonies originally banned slavery?
Georgia and Rhode Island
Who was a French thinker who favored separation of powers to protect the rights of the people?
Baron de Montesquieu
What are the 5 Southern Colonies?
Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia
The Zenger case helped establish what principle as a basic American Liberty?
Freedom of the Press
Organize these five groups from the top of a pyramid as the different classes in colonial society to the least important in the pyramid.
Gentry, Middle Class, Indentured Servants, Free African Americans, Slaves
(2, 4, 3, 1, 5)
Enslaved African Americans crossed the Atlantic Ocean on a voyage that became known as the what?
Middle Passage
According to John Locke, what are our 3 natural rights?
Life, liberty, and property
Who, of European descent, discovered Northern America first?
Viking Leif Erikson (He beat Columbus by 400 years)