| Term | Definition |
|---|
| legislature | a group of people who have the power to make laws |
| bill of rights | a written list of freedoms that a government promises to protect, including the right to a trial by jury |
| libel | the publishing of statements that damage a persons reputation |
| pennsylvania | what was the state that had social classes where you could move up or down and where the women had to do all of the work around the house |
| zenger case | a man who was arrested for printing articles that criticized the government of New York |
| extended families | a group that included parents, children and others family members like grandparents, aunts, uncles |
| freedom of the press | the right of journalists to publish the truth without restriction or penalty |
| voting in colonial america | women, slaves, indentured servants, and children couldn't do this but men could |
| gentry | the wealthy part of the social class also called the upper class |
| apprentice | a person who was young and worked for someone else |
| middle class | this class is where most of the everyday people are categorized |
| indentured servants | people that would offer themselves as slaves for 4-10 years to later get land and money for themselves, the owner would pay for their trip to america |
| navigation act | a law that said that any ship heading to colonies had to stop by england first |
| domestic | the helping with the family and animals |
| Magna Carta | the first written document that limited the power of the England's monarchs |
| women, native americans, and africans | what three group of people couldn't vote |
| John peter zenger | what was the name of the publisher that helped pass the freedom of press |
| to make sure that england got its goods first | why did parliament pass the navigation act |
| sugar and tobacco | what where the major goods sold |
| the Magna carta | what was king john forced to sign |
| house of burgesses | the laws where made by who in jamestown |
| because they thought it limited the amount of money they could make | why did people resent the navigation act |
| it gave extra people to help around the house or in the fields | why where extended families useful in colonies |
| they worked the fields and hunted | what role did men hold |
| they worked in the house and wove yarn and took care of the children | what role did women hold |
| at age 7 they worked for their dad if a boy and mom if girl | what role did children hold |
| by making money and by gaining land | how could people move up in the social classes |
| not the rich and not the poor but the majority of the colonists | what were the middle class people |
| free african americans | were not a large part of the colonial population, they couldn't own property or vot |
| play | what would children do until the age of 7 |
| guilty | the jury found Zenger________ |
| governor of New York | who did Zenger criticize |
| 1651 | what was the date that the parliament was passed |
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