Chapter 4 Review

Question 1

Bill of Rights

Answer 1

A written list of freedoms that a government promises to protect.

Question 2

Libel

Answer 2

The publishing of statements (usually false) that damage a person’s reputation

Question 3

Freedom of the Press

Answer 3

The right of journalists to publish the truth without being held with a penalty or restriction

Question 4

Legislature

Answer 4

A group of people who have the power to make laws

Question 5

Habeas Corpus

Answer 5

The principle that a person cant be held in prison without being charged for a specific crime

Question 6

Levy

Answer 6

To impose a tax; to force to be paid

Question 7

Extended Family

Answer 7

Other members of a family such as grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins.

Question 8

Apprentice

Answer 8

Someone who learns a trade by working for someone in that trade for a certain period of time

Question 9

Gentry

Answer 9

The upper class of colonial society

Question 10

Domestic

Answer 10

Having to do with the house or household; pertaining to a country’s internal affairs

Question 11

Indentured Servant

Answer 11

Someone who 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

Question 12

Middle class

Answer 12

Was made up of small planters, independent farmers, and artisans

Question 13

Triangular Trade

Answer 13

A three-way trade between the colonies, the islands of the Caribbean, and Africa

Question 14

Slave Codes

Answer 14

Strict laws that restricted the rights and activities of slaves

Question 15

Racism

Answer 15

The belief that one race is superior or inferior to another

Question 16

Temporary

Answer 16

Not permanent

Question 17

Revolt

Answer 17

To rebel; to participate in an uprising

Question 18

Auction

Answer 18

A publicly held sale at which property or goods are sold to the highest bidder

Question 19

Magna Carta

Answer 19

Great Charter

Question 20

What was the Middle Passage?

Answer 20

The Middle Passage was a brutal voyage from West Africa across the Atlantic Ocean. Enslaved Africans were transported to the Americas, enduring overcrowded and unsanitary conditions on tightly packed ships.

Question 21

What was the purpose of slave codes?

Answer 21

The purpose of slave codes was to ensure that slaveholders had complete authority over the lives of their slaves to reduce the chance of slave revolts and slaves running away.

Ex) Masters who killed slaves wouldn’t be tried for murder, so this would deter slaves from trying anything to organize anything against them.

Question 22

Why was a large family useful on a farm?

Answer 22

A large family was useful on a farm because there was many responsibilities that had to be taken care of. The more people there were, the more things that could be done at once

Question 23

How did the jobs of boys and girls differ?

Answer 23

Boys: They were expected at the age of seven to work the fields with their fathers. Any boy fortunate enough to learn a trade, such as a shoemaker, began as an apprentice.

Girls: They labored beside their mothers learning how to run a house.

Question 24

Why was the case of John Peter Zenger important? What did it help to establish?

Answer 24

The case of John Peter Zenger was important because it established the principle of freedom of the press in colonial America. This allowed newspapers to keep the public informed of the truth, no matter if it made the government look bad.

Question 25

What were the Navigation Acts? Why did many colonists resent them?

Answer 25

The Navigation Acts were a series of laws restricting colonial trade. They stated that if colonists left the colonies with colonial goods, then they needed to head to England. From there, the English merchants would sell the goods to foreign countries, and England would get a share. Some colonists thought they could make more if they directly sold to other countries.