Life in the Colonies

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Parliament

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Law making body of the English government.

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Freedom of the Press

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right to print the truth.

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Apprentice

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

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Representative

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a person who acts or speaks for someone else.

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Magna Carta

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document stating there were laws even kings had to obey.

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Town Meeting

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event at which colonists discuss and vote on town issues.

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New England Economy

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shipbuilding, fishing, lumberjacks, trading.

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Navigation Acts

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Laws that ensured colonial merchants could only trade with England. (enforced mercantilism)

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Geography

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shaped the economic lives of people in the colonies.

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Freedom of the Press

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John Peter Zenger Trial outcome protects _______ __ ___ _____ (right to print the truth).