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Vocabulary
Terms
Jargon
In the Glossary
Words
100
A group of people who have the power to make laws
What is a legislature
100
Family that includes parents, children, grandparents, aunts, and uncles
What is extended family
100
Schools that women opened in their homes to teach girls and boys to read and write
What are dame schools
100
Said everyone had natural rights and divine rights
Who is John Locke
100
First document to place restrictions on an English ruler's power
What is the Magna Carta
200
The written list of freedoms that a government promises to protect
What is The Bill of Rights
200
A person who learns a trade by working for someone in that trade for a certain period of time
What is an apprentice
200
The first college in the colonies
What is Harvard
200
Three-way trade between the colonies, the islands of the Caribbean, and Africa
What is triangular trade
200
Used to regulate trade
What is the Navigation Act
300
The principle that a person cannot be held in prison without being charged with a specific crime
What is habeas corpus
300
The upper class of colonial society
What is the gentry
300
Upper level school similar to high school
What is grammar school
300
Belief that one race is superior or inferior
What is racism
300
Wealthy planters and merchants
What are gentry
400
The right of journalists to publish the truth without restriction or penalty
What is freedom of the press
400
Signed contract to work from 4 to 10 years in colonies for passage pay
What is an indentured servant
400
A religious revival
What is The Great Awakening
400
Strict laws that restricted the rights and activities of slaves
What are slace codes
400
Small plantations, independent farms, artisans
What is the middle class
500
Publishing of statements that damage a person's reputation
What is libel
500
The type of school supported by taxes
What are public schools
500
Called on people to examine their lives and commmit themselves to God
Who is Jonathan Edwards
500
Extended to white men only
What is the right to vote
500
He developed separation of powers
Who is Baron de Montesquieu