Life in the Colonies 1
Who had the right to vote in English colonies?
white male property owners only
The Zenger case helped establish the right of
Freedom of press
In colonial families, who usually handled childcare and domestic duties?
women
In colonial times, how did a young man often learn a trade?
by becoming an apprentice
Unlike the poor in Europe, lower-class colonists
could hope to acquire property and move up the social scale.
Free African Americans in the colonies were not allowed
to vote or sit on juries.
What percent of enslaved Africans died or committed suicide during the Middle Passage?
15 to 20
Which of the following was a factor in the growth of southern Slavery?
the plantation system
What was legal under slave codes?
the killing of an enslaved person by his or her master
The Magna Carta was the first document to
place limits on an English ruler’s power.
The legal rights that Englishmen had led the colonists to
expect a voice in their government.
Which colony had a ban on Slavery until the 1750s?
Georgia
Most women in colonial America were expected to marry men
chosen by their parents.
At around what age were colonial children expected to begin working?
7
What is the main reason why colonial authorities wrote slave codes?
They feared slave revolts.
By the late 1600s, the southern economy had come to depend on ________ to support its plantation system.
slavery
If the English colonies had not had so many plantations, it is likely that
Slavery would not have taken root or survived for as long as it did.
was a three-way trade between the colonies, the islands of the Caribbean and Africa
triangular trade
one who agreed to work for a number of years in exchange for ocean passage to the Americas
indentured servant
a group of people who have the power to make laws
legislature
In 1663, what did a Virginia court decide?
Held that any child born to a slave was a slave too.
Which individuals were a part of the middle class?
Small planters, independent farmers and artisans.
Who argued that people have certain natural rights that include life, liberty, and property?
John Locke
What was Ben Franklins most popular work at that time?
Poor Richards Almanack
DAILY DOUBLE
Who was the first colonial poet?