Cole H.

Question 1

Parliment

Answer 1

the law-making body in England

Question 2

The Great Awakening

Answer 2

• renewed interest in religion

- developed during the 1730s-1740s

Question 3

The Magna Carta

Answer 3

• a document written in 1215

- it restricted the powers of the English ruler

Question 4

The Glorious Revolution

Answer 4

-King James was removed from power and replaced by his daughter as ruler of England

Question 5

Legislature

Answer 5

-group of people who make laws

Question 6

Bill of Rights

Answer 6

-a written list of freedoms

Question 7

The English Bill of Rights

Answer 7

• guaranteed the powers of the Parliment and the basic rights of English citizens such as trail by jury and cannot be jailed without being charged

Question 8

Racism

Answer 8

-belief that one race is superior over others

Question 9

Slave Codes

Answer 9

-laws that restricted the activities of slaves

Question 10

Middle Passage

Answer 10

-the transport of African slaves across the Atlantic Ocean

Question 11

Libel

Answer 11

-publishing harmful statements about a person

Question 12

John Peter Zenger

Answer 12

• was put on trail for libel

- his trail helped to establish freedom of speech in colonies

Question 13

The Navigation Acts

Answer 13

• laws passed to support mercantilism

- benefited the colonies but colonies began to resent them

Question 14

Middle Passage

Answer 14

-the transport of African slaves across the Atlantic Ocean

Question 15

Libel

Answer 15

-publishing harmful statements about a person

Question 16

John Peter Zenger

Answer 16

• was put on trail for libel

- his trail helped to establish freedom of speech in colonies

Question 17

Gentry Class

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• the upper class of colonial society

- Ex. wealthy planters, merchants, ministers, royal officials, and successful lawyers

Question 18

Apprentice

Answer 18

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

Question 19

Indentured Servant

Answer 19

-a person who signs 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 20

Benjamin Franklin

Answer 20

• best-loved colonial writer
• wrote Poor Richard ‘s Almanack
• he was also a businessman, community leader, scientist, inventor, and diplomat

Question 21

The Enlightenment

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-a philosophic movement of the 18th century marked by a rejection of traditional social, religious, and political ideas

Question 22

Divine Rights

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-the belief that monarchs get their authority to rule directly from God

Question 23

Natural Rights

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-rights that belong to every human being from birth

Question 24

Salutary Neglect

Answer 24

-British did not strictly enforce trade laws with the colonies. The colonies created their own governments and laws. Later on, the British became stricter in enforcement of their laws, and that resulted in the American Revolution

Question 25

Separation of Powers

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-division of the power of government into separate branches

Question 26

Land Ownership

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• Determined what class you were
  
  • Gentry
  • Middle
  • Indentured Servants
• Allowed you to vote and run if you were rich

Question 27

Baron de Montesquieu

Answer 27

• A french thinker, who influenced American ideas

- He argued that the powers of the government should be clearly defined and limited

Question 28

Executive Branch

Answer 28

-branch to enforce laws

Question 29

Legislative Branch

Answer 29

-branch to make laws