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| a group of people who have the power to make laws |
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| a written list of freedom that a government promises to protect. |
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| the principle that a person cannot be held in prison without being charged with a specific crime. |
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| the right of journalists to publish the truth without restrictions or penalty. |
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| the publishing of statements that damage a person's reputation. |
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| family that includes, in addition to parents and their children, other members such as grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins. |
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| Someone who learns a trade by working for someone in theat trade for a certain period of time. |
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| the upper class of colonial society |
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| small planters, independent farmers, and artisans. |
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| Someone who signed a contract to work from 4 to 10 years in the colonies for anyone who would pay for his or her ocean passage to the Americas. |
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| A three way trade between the colonies, the islands of the Caribbean and Africa |
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| The belief that one race is superior or inferior to another. |
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| Strict laws that restricted the rights and activities of slaves |
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| A school supported by taxes |
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| Schools that women opened in their homes to teach girls and boys to read and write. |
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| Poet who was an enslaved African in the Americas |
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| Founded the Philadelphia Gazette, and wrote Poor Richard's Almanac |
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| A Massachusetts preacher who called people to examine their lives and commit themselves to God. |
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| Rights that belong to every human being from birth |
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| The belief that monarchs get their authority to rule directly from God. |
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| Division of the power of government into seperate branches. |
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