A ____________ is a written list of freedoms that a government promises to protect.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

_________ were the upper class of colonial society.

________ was made up of small planters, independent farmers and artisans.

A three-way trade between the colonies, the islands of the Caribbean, and Africa

The belief that one race is superior or inferior to another.

Strict laws that restricted the rights and activities of slaves

A school that is supported by taxes.

Schools that women opened in their homes to teach girls and boys to read and write.

The first colonial poet was __________. Her book "The Tenth Muse, Lately Sprung Up in America" was first published in 1650.

This poet was an enslaved African in Boston. Her first poem was published in the 1760s.

The best-loved colonial writer was ____________. At age 17, they moved from Boston to Philadelphia and started a newspaper, the Pennsylvania Gazette.

Massachusetts preacher called on people to examine their lives and commit themselves to God.

Rights that belong to every human being from birth.

The belief that monarchs get their authority to rule directly from God.

The division of the power of government into separate branches.