Mauraj

Question 1

magna carta

Answer 1

great charter purpose was to prevent the king from stealing land and money from the people

Question 2

parliament

Answer 2

is a councel that was formed to advise the king

Question 3

a bill of rights

Answer 3

it is a list of rights that a government insures

Question 4

the english bill of rights

Answer 4

signed by king william and queen mary granted priveleges and freedoms to the english people

Question 5

john peter zenger trial

Answer 5

he was arrested for writing something scandelous but it was true so he was freed

Question 6

libel

Answer 6

a section of writing that could be harmful to someones reputation

Question 7

the glorious revolution

Answer 7

it was the event were king james the second was removed from the throne and his daughter and her spose were crowned

Question 8

navigation acts( the porpose)

Answer 8

to prevent people from smuggling things into or outof a country

Question 9

gentry

Answer 9

the upper class -npeople who had royal connections in england,rich land owners, ministers

Question 10

legislator

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people in the colonies that made laws

Question 11

apprentice

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someone who works for someone for free and under contract for a set number of years to learn a trade or task

Question 12

indentued servent

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someone who has someone else pay for them to go someplace and they will work for that person for a certain number of years to work off their debt

Question 13

racism

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the belief that one race is better than another

Question 14

slave codes

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strict laws that limited the rights and activitys of slaves gave masters more control over slaves and prevented revolts

Question 15

benjamin franklin

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one of the best loved colony writer he wrote poor richards almanac, he was a buisness man, a community leader, scientist, and inventor, diplomat, made discoveries in electrisity and invented the stove and byfocals

Question 16

the great awakening

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when christian leaders called upon people to examin themselves and to comit to God as a result it lead to the start of new churches

Question 17

the enlightenment

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european thinkers thought that problems could be solved by human reason

Question 18

divine rights

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belief that the king gets his power from God directly and then he has the right to rule the people

Question 19

natral rights

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the belief that God gives the power to the people and then they can give it to whomever they want they also have the right to over throw the leader,have life,liberty,property

Question 20

john locke

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was the person who came up with natral rights challenged divine rights

Question 21

baron de montesquieu

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french thinker came up with the idea of separation of government and argued divine rights

Question 22

separation of powers

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the divison of power in a government

Question 23

executive branch

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enforces laws

Question 24

legislative branch

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makes laws

Question 25

describe the importance of land ownership in clonial america

Answer 25

it ment you could vote hold office and you had a higher social class

Question 26

explain between indentured servants and slaves

Answer 26

slaves could very rarely get free while indentured servants only had to work for a certain amount of time

Question 27

explain which goods are transported on each leg of the journey which is the middle passage

Answer 27

to america slaves, to england resorses, to africa pots pans guns

Question 28

explian salutary neglect ( what was it why the colonists liked and why and why it ended )

Answer 28

when the kingsaid he would leave the colonies alone as long as they were functioning they liked it because they could make their own government it ended when the king found out how rich they were and decided to tax them