What is Magna Carta
It is a paper to restrict rulers power
Paraliament
It was to advise the king that the magna carta formed a great council
The Bill Of Rights
Protects the rights of the people
John Peter Zenger Trial
He was charged with libel even though he was telling the truth
Libel
If you write something thats untrue and you know its untrue then you could get persecuted
The Glorious Revolutin
When King james was removed and Mary and William took over
The English Bill of Rights
Set rules to limit King and Queen power to make money
Navigations Acts (purpose)
Create English jobs and make money
Gentry
The upper class of colonial society
Legislature
group of people who make laws
Apprentice
A person who learned a trade by exteneded on the job training
Indentured Servent
People who signed a contract to work for 4-10 years in the colonies in return for payment to America
Racism
One race is superior than other races
Slave Codes
Laws that restriced the activities of slaves
Benjamin Fraklin
Best loved colonial writer
Wrote poor richards almanack
He was also a businesses man, community leader, scientist, inventor, and diplomat
Slave Codes
Laws that restriced the activities of slaves
Benjamin Fraklin
Best loved colonial writer
Wrote poor richards almanack
He was also a businesses man, community leader, scientist, inventor, and diplomat
The Great Awakening
renewed intrest in religion
developed during 1730s through 1740s
The enlightenment
A group of European thinkers came to believe that all problems could be solved by human reason
Divine Rights
The belief that monarchs get their authority to rule directly from god
Natural Rights
Rights that belong to every human being from birth
John Locke
He had an idea of natural rights
Baron De Montesquieu
He was a french thinker who influeneced american ideas
Seperation of powers
division of the powers of government into seperate branches
Executive Branch
They exacute the laws
Legislative Branch
branch that makes laws