Colonial Life Vocab

Question 1

magna carta

Answer 1

a document drawn up in 1215 limiting the power of the King of England

Question 2

common law

Answer 2

system of laws based on England’s customs and earlier court decisions

Question 3

parliament

Answer 3

England’s lawmaking body- a bicameral (2 houses) legislature

Question 4

glorious revolution

Answer 4

1688 event that established: 1. The King’s authority came from Parliament, not god. 2. the government was to be based on laws

Question 5

english bill of rights

Answer 5

english document that guaranteed basic rights for the people

Question 6

economy

Answer 6

how people make money using the resources around them

Question 7

geography

Answer 7

the study of people, their environment, and the resources around them

Question 8

middle passage

Answer 8

the journey of slaves on slave ships across the Atlantic Ocean

Question 9

slave codes

Answer 9

harsh laws controlling the treatment of slaves

Question 10

apprentice

Answer 10

young person who learned a skill from a master craftsman (not paid)

Question 11

triangular trade

Answer 11

a trade route connecting 3 different places
example- colonies to england to africa

Question 12

navigation acts

Answer 12

1651- laws by england to tax and control trade in the colonies

Question 13

smuggling

Answer 13

importing or exporting goods illegally

Question 14

salem witch trials

Answer 14

shows how a society can create scapegoats for its problems

Question 15

great awakening

Answer 15

religious movement in 1740’s where colonists eagerly returned to their faith or went back to church

Question 16

conestoga wagons

Answer 16

introduced by Pennsylvanian Germans. A horse pulled covered wagon with wide wheels, a curved wagon bed, and an arched canvas top

Question 17

mill

Answer 17

a machine that processes materials such as grain

Question 18

backcountry

Answer 18

an area along the Appalachian Mountains.
Settlers were self sufficient farmers