| A | B |
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| public school | a school supported by taxes |
| dame schools | schools that women opened in their homes to teach girls and boys to read and write |
| Anne Bradstreet | Poet that expressed the joys and hardships of life in Puritan New England |
| Phillis Wheatley | Enslaved African in Boston that published her first poem at the age of 14 |
| Benjamin Franklin | Started the Pennsylvania Gazette and wrote Poor Richard's Almanack |
| Jonathan Edwards | Great Awakening preacher, famous sermon Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God |
| natural rights | rights that belong to every human being from birth |
| Divine right | belief that monarchs get their authority to rule directly from God |
| separation of powers | division of the power of government into separate branches |
| racism | the belief that one race is superior or inferior to another |
| slave codes | stict laws that restricted the rights and activities of slaves |
| triangular trade | a three-way trade between the colonies, the islands of the Caribbean and Africa |
| middle class | made up of small planters, independent farmers, and artisans |
| indentured servant | someone who signed a contract to work from 4 to 10 years in the colonies for anyone who would pay for their passage to America |
| gentry | upper class of colonial society |
| apprentice | someone who learns a trade by working for someone in that trade for a certain period of time |
| extended family | includes parents, children, and other members such as grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins |
| libel | publishing of statements that damage a person's reputation |
| freedom of the press | right of journalists to publish the truth without restriction or penalty |
| habeas corpus | the principle that a person cannot be held in prison without being charged with a specific crime |
| bill of rights | written list of freedoms that a government promises to protect |
| legislature | a group of people who have the power to make laws |
