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Miscellaneous Qs
100
the belief that some races are inferior to others
What is Racism?
100
this freedom was first established in the colonies after John Peter Zenger's trial
What is freedom of the press?
100
these people signed contracts promising to work for someone who would pay for their trip to America
What is an indentured servant?
100
this was the name of the brutal voyage that many colonial slaves suffered through
What is the Middle Passage?
200
rights that naturally belong to every human
What are natural rights?
200
the law that stated colonists had to trade sugar & tobacco with only England was part of these
What are the Navigation Acts?
200
most colonists lived with these...made up of children, parents, aunts, uncles, grandparents...etc.
What is an extended family?
200
this southern colony banned slavery until the 1750s
What is Georgia?
300
the belief that monarchs get their authority to rule directly from God
What is divine right?
300
this early English document guaranteed Englishmen the right to trial by jury
What is the Magna Carta?
300
this group made the upper class of colonial society.
What is the gentry?
300
this movement led to the rise of new churches
What is the Great Awakening?
400
the principle that a person cannot be held in prison without being charged with a specific crime
What is habeas corpus?
400
Following the Glorious Revolution this document was signed that upheld habeas corpus & required Parliament to meet regularly
What is the English Bill of Rights?
400
colonial children typically began work at the age of...
What is 7?
400
the name of the commerce between the colonies, West Indies & Africa
What is Triangular Trade?
500
A group of people who have the power to make laws
What is the legislature?
500
the idea that colonies exist only to benefit the parent country
What is mercantilism?
500
these laws restricted the rights and activities of enslaved people
What are the slave codes?
500
this colonial group had no rights
What are slaves?