Mauraj Flashcards
study for the social studies test
magna carta
great charter purpose was to prevent the king from stealing land and money from the people
parliament
is a councel that was formed to advise the king
a bill of rights
it is a list of rights that a government insures
the english bill of rights
signed by king william and queen mary granted priveleges and freedoms to the english people
john peter zenger trial
he was arrested for writing something scandelous but it was true so he was freed
libel
a section of writing that could be harmful to someones reputation
the glorious revolution
it was the event were king james the second was removed from the throne and his daughter and her spose were crowned
navigation acts( the porpose)
to prevent people from smuggling things into or outof a country
gentry
the upper class -npeople who had royal connections in england,rich land owners, ministers
legislator
people in the colonies that made laws
apprentice
someone who works for someone for free and under contract for a set number of years to learn a trade or task
indentued servent
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
racism
the belief that one race is better than another
slave codes
strict laws that limited the rights and activitys of slaves gave masters more control over slaves and prevented revolts
benjamin franklin
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
the great awakening
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
the enlightenment
european thinkers thought that problems could be solved by human reason
divine rights
belief that the king gets his power from God directly and then he has the right to rule the people
natral rights
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
john locke
was the person who came up with natral rights challenged divine rights
baron de montesquieu
french thinker came up with the idea of separation of government and argued divine rights
separation of powers
the divison of power in a government
executive branch
enforces laws
legislative branch
makes laws
describe the importance of land ownership in clonial america
it ment you could vote hold office and you had a higher social class
explain between indentured servants and slaves
slaves could very rarely get free while indentured servants only had to work for a certain amount of time
explain which goods are transported on each leg of the journey which is the middle passage
to america slaves, to england resorses, to africa pots pans guns
explian salutary neglect ( what was it why the colonists liked and why and why it ended )
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
