When you overlook or ignore something because it is producing good results.

The publishing of written information that is harmful or damaging to one's reputation.

The act of verbally speaking information that is harmful or damaging to someone's reputation.

Which of the three regions of the 13 colonies had a geography that included rocky soil, natural harbors/bays, a cold climate and forests?

What did each New England family have of their own?

Which region of the 13 colonies is a combination of the other two regions?

Where did most people in the middle colonies live?

What practice made up the way of life in the Southern Colonies?

The wealthy upper-class citizens in the colonies that consisted of doctors, lawyers, merchants and planters were called?

The working class of the colonies which consisted of skilled workers and farmers who owned the land.

The lower class consisted of ________________________, unskilled laborers and servants.

Women were allowed to work outside of the home in the colonies.

What would be a typical job for a woman who lived in the country?

What group of people were brought to the Americas in the 1700s as part of the Triangle Trade with Europe and Africa?

In the southern colonies, African Americans were ____________________.

African Americans could work as skilled or unskilled laborers.

The Frame of Government by William Penn protected the rights of Englishmen in Pennsylvania as well as...

A government in which the people have the power.

The democracy of New England did not allow the government to choose which religion the colonists worshipped. This is known as?

What liberty is referred to when you are allowed to publish or report information without penalty from the government?

Which person was thrown in jail for libel by printing harmful information about a colonial governor? He was found innocent, which assisted in establishing the freedom of press amendment.

Britain did not have a good understanding of what life was like in the colonies due to how far away from each other the two were. About how far apart were the English Colonies and Britain?

Conflict between the colonies and the English crown began in the 1680s when King James II gave the ___________________ _______________________ more power and took power away from the _______________________________ __________________________.

One of the biggest arguments that the colonists had against the British was they felt like they were not being fully ______________________________ by the King and Queen of Britain.

The English Parliament replaced the unpopular King James II with William and Mary during which peaceful overthrow?

New rights which included freedom of speech and freedom from cruel and unusual punishments were liberties English citizens gained from the?

The British relaxed their enforcement of colonial rules, including trade laws. This allowed the colonies to grow richer and more independent. This is an example of what?

Britain's intentions with the salutary neglect were to get the colonies to...

The colonists did not follow the British orders during salutary neglect. Instead, they traded on their own and made their political decisions. At this point, the colonies were become more independent and forming their own American __________________________.

The colonists and Native Americans came into conflict most often over?

In 1675, Wampanoag Chief Metacomet wanted to protect his land by waging war against several New England colonies. What is the name of this war that changed the friendly relationship of the Native Americans and the colonists?

William Penn and the Delaware Indians had a trusting relationship until after his death when his son tricked the Delaware Indians into giving up more land. This was called the?