7th Grade - Chapter 4 Vocab

a group of people who have the power to make laws

• Legislature

• Executive

• Bill of Rights

• Habeas Corpus

a written list of freedoms that government promises to protect

• Constitution

• Bill of Rights

• LIbel

• Freedom of the Press

the principle that a person cannot be held in prison without being charged with a specific crime.

• Bill of Rights

• Legislature

• Habeas Corpus

• Libel

The right of journalists to publish the truth without restriction or penalty.

• Bill of Rights

• Legislature

• Libel

• Freedom of the Press

The publishing of statements that damage a person’s reputation.

• Libel

• Freedom of the Press

• Legislature

• Habeas Corpus

a family that includes, in addition to the parents and their children, other members such as grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins

• Extended Family

• Middle Class

• Gentry

• Apprentice

someone who learns trade by working for someone in that trade for a certain period of time

• Indentured servant

• Apprentice

• Middle Class

• Extended Family

the upper class of colonial society

• Middle Class

• Indentured servant

• Gentry

• Extended Family

they made up of small planters, independent farmers, and artisans

• Middle Class

• Indentured servant

• Gentry

• Extended Family

a person who signed a contract to work from 4 to 10 years in the colonies for anyone who could pay for his or her ocean passage to the Americas.

• Middle Class

• Indentured servant

• Gentry

• Extended Family