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Life in the Colonies
Chapter 4
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| levy | to impose (a tax) |
| retain | to keep |
| legislature | group that has the power to makes laws |
| bill of rights | written list of freedoms the government promises to protect |
| habeas corpus | principle that a person cannot be held in prison without being charged with a crime |
| freedom of the press | the right of journalists to publish the truth without restrictions or penalty |
| libel | publishing of untrue statements that damage a person's reputation |
| domestic | having to do with the home |
| apprentice | someone who learns a trade by working for someone in that trade |
| prospect | expectation; something to look forward to happening |
| gentry | upper class of colonial society |
| middle class | small planters, independent farmers, artisans |
| indentured servant | signed a contrat to work from 4 to 10 years in the colonies for anyone who would pay his or her ocean passage to America |
| maximum | largest, highest, greatest |
| triangular trade | three way trade between the colonies, the islands of the Caribbean, and Africa |
| racism | belief that one race is superior or inferior to another |
| slave codes | strict laws that restricted the rights and activities of slaves |
| public school | school supported by taxes |
| dame school | schools run by women to teach boys and girls to read and write |
| finance | to supply with money |
| Anne Bradstreet | first colonial poet |
| Philis Wheatley | enslaved poet |
| Benjamin Franklin | colonial writer of Poor Richard's Almanack |
| Great Awakening | religious revival movement in colonial era |
| Jonathan Edwards | colonial revival minister |
| reinforce | to make stronger |
| natural rights | rights that belong to every human being fom birth |
| divine right | belief that monarchs get their authority to rule directly from God |
| Baron de Montesquieu | wrote a book about government |
| separation of powers | division of the power of government into separate branches |
| extended family | family that includes, in addition to parents and children, other members such as grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins |
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