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Ch. 4
Life in the Colonies
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The Magna Carta guaranteed the right to trial by.....? | Jury |
| The Zenger case helped establish the freedom of what? | Freedom of the Press |
| The protection against unlawful arrest and detention is called what? | habeas corpus |
| What do you call a group of people that have the power to make laws? | legislature |
| The Navigation Acts were passed to support what economic policy? | Mercantilism |
| What three groups of colonial people were not allowed to vote? | Women, Native Americans, and Africans (free or enslaved) |
| Boys who would learn a trade from an experienced worker were called what? | Apprentice |
| Name given to the upper class of colonial society... | Gentry |
| If you had signed a contract to work for someone who had paid for your trip to America, you were called a what? | indentured servant |
| These laws restricted the rights and activities of enslaved persons, what were they called? | slave codes |
| this is the belief that some races of people are inferior to others.... | racism |
| What was the commerce trading route between the colonies, the West Indies, and Africa called? | Triangular Trade Route |
| What was the voyage called that brought enslaved Africans to the English colonies? | The Middle Passage |
| This language was spoken by many enslaved Africans on plantations in the Carolinas, it is still spoken in these areas today....what is it called? | Gullah |
| How did the colonists get around the Navigation Acts? | Smuggling |
| During colonial times, who generally would be in charge of taking care of the children? | Women |
| What percent of Africans would die on the Middle Passage journey to the Americas? | 15-20% |
| The Magna Carta was the first document used to do what to the monarchy? | limit its power |
| Montesquieu, an Enlightenment thinker, contributed what idea to how government should be practiced? | idea of separation of powers |
| A Christian revival that swept the colonies during the 1730's and 40's was called what? | The Great Awakening |
| Who was Phillis Wheatley? | A colonial poet |
| Who published the Pennsylvania Gazette? | Ben Franklin |
| What movement led to the rise of many new churches in the colonies? | The great Awakening |
| Who said that all people are endowed with unalienable rights, which consisted of life, liberty, and the right to own property? | John Locke |
| During colonial times, who, by law, was in charge of the families money, property, and public representation? | male head of household |
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