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11/4/16 US History Test

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John Winthrop   The leader of the Puritans  
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Toleration   Recognition that other people have the right to different opinions.  
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Roger Williams   Said colonists should not take Native Americans land. Was forced to leave Massachusetts and started the colony of Rhode Island.  
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Proprietary Colony   A colony created by a grant of land from a monarch to an individual or family.  
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William Penn   Quaker leader who found Pennsylvania.  
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Boarderlands   Lands along the frontier  
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Presidios   Spanish military posts  
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Pueblos   Spanish establishments or towns  
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Legislative   A group of people who have the power to make laws.  
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English Bill of Rights   Written list of freedoms that a government promised to protect.  
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Habeas Corpus   The principle that a person cannot be held in prison without being charged with a specific crime.  
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Freedom of the Press   The right of journalists to publish the truth without restrictions or penalty.  
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Lidel   The publishing of statements that damage a person's reputation.  
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Gentry   Upper class of colonial society.  
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Middle Class   Colonial farmers and artisans.  
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Indentured Servants   Signed a contract to work from 4 to 10 years in the colonies for anyone who for his or her oceans passage to the Americas.  
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Racism   A belief that one race is superior to another.  
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Slave Code   Strict laws that restrict the rights and activities of slaves.  
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Natural Rights   An enlightenment idea that said every human is born with the right to life, liberty and property.  
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Divine Right   The belief that monarchs (kings) get the right to rule over everybody by being born king.  
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What was the Triangular Trade Describe how it works.   A trade between Africa, America, and Europe. Slaves went from Africa to America. Tobacco and cotton went from America to Europe. Textiles went from Europe to Africa.  
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Who was John Locke and what ideas did he have that shaped the sounding the United States?   John Locke was an English philosopher. Started that all people had natural rights. People had the right to life, liberty and property.  
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