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Chapter 4

Terms

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Legislature
a group of people who have the power to make laws
Public Schools
a school supported by taxes
Natural Rights
rights that belong to every human being from birth that include life, liberty and property
Racism
the belief that one race is superior or inferior to another
Slave Code
strict laws that restricted the rights and activities of slaves
Phillis Wheatley
A Boston slave who wrote and published poetry
The Great Awakening
a period of religious revival in the 1730's and 1740's
Yankees
clever and hardworking New England merchants
middle passage
the brutal voyag across the Atlantic enslaved Africans were forced to make
Bill of Rights
a written list of freedoms that a government promises to protect
Dame School
schools women opened in their homes to teach girls and boys to read and write
Anne Bradstreet
a colonial poet whose works were about life in Puritan New England
Chattel
property
Apprentice
someoe who learns a trade by working for someone in that trade for a certain period of time
Peter Zenger
A publisher who was found not guilty fo libel because the statements that he made were true
Libel
the publishing of statements that damage a person's reputation
Divine Right
the belief that monarchs get their authority to rule directly from God was challenged by John Locke
The Enlightenment
a way of thinking that said all problems could be solved by human reason
Gentry
the upper class in colonial society including wealthy planters, merchants, ministers, royal officials, lawyers
Extended Family
a family that includes, in addition to the parents and their children, other members such as grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins
Benjamin Franklin
a well loved colonial writer who started the Pennsylvania Gazette adn Poor Richard's Almanack
Jonathan Edwards
a Massachusetts preacher famous for fiery sermons
Separation of Powers
division of the power of government into separate branches
Freedom of the Press
the right of journalists to publish the truth without restriction or penalty
Magna Carta
"Great Charter", placed restrictions on English ruler's power

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