SS7: Chapter 4 Test

A group of people who have power to make laws

• legislature

• habeus corpus

• politics

• colonize

A written list of freedoms that a government promises to protect

• Constitution

• Bill of Rights

• Amendment

• Magna Carta

The publishing of statements that damages a person’s reputation

• slander

• Journalism

• libel

• liability

A person who works for another in order to learn a trade

• artisan

• pupil

• student

• apprentice

A contract to work from 4-10 years in the colonies for anyone who would pay for his or her ocean passage to the Americas

• indentured servant

• slave

• gentry

• Magna Carta

A publisher of the New York Weekly Journal was arrested for printing articles that were critical of the governor. His attorney argued that the statements were true. This case established a fundamental principle

• slander

• colonial legislatures

• Freedom of the Press

• Libel

One of the most important documents in history. This document limited the power of the king

• Magna Carta

• Amendment

• Habeus corpus

• Gentry

A three way system of trade during 1600-1800s Africa sent slaves to America, America sent Raw Materials to Europe, and Europe sent Guns and Rum to Africa

• Indentured servants

• North American Trade

• Middle Passage

• Triangular Trade Route

Strict laws that restricted the rights and activities of slaves

• Amendment

• Legislature

• Slave codes

• Indentured servants

Most colonists lived on farms, where a large family was considered an advantage. Many people lived with their

• family

• apprentice

• indentured servant

• extended family