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| Act of Religious Toleration | a law enacted in Maryland in 1649 declaring that all Christian denominations have a right to practice their faith |
| Albany Plan of Union | a proposal drafted in 1754 by Benjamin Franklin calling for an alliance of the English colonies for their own defense |
| confederation | an alliance of independent governments |
| due process of law | a system in which government cannot deprive a person of life, liberty, or property except according to rules established by law |
| English Bill of Rights | an act passed by Parliament in 1689 further limiting the monarch's power by giving Parliament the sole power to tax and specifying citizens' rights, such as trial by jury and protection from cruel and unusual punishment |
| Great Awakening | a period of religious revival during the early 1700s that encouraged people to question authority and to think freely about religious matters |
| House of Burgesses | the first legislature in the English colonies in America, formed in 1619 |
| indentured servant | a settler who voluntarily gave up freedom for five to seven years in exchange for passage to America |
| legislature | a group of people chosen to make laws |
| Magna Carta | the agreement made in 1215 between King John and his barons listing rights granted by the monarch to all free men of the kingdom |
| Mayflower Compact | the first written framework for self-government in what is now the United States, made by the Mayflower passengers in 1620 |
| Parliament | the lawmaking body of England |
| plantation | a huge farm requiring a large labor force to grow crops for profit |
| proprietor | a person who owned a colony as a result of receiving a land grant from the king |
| racism | the belief that one race of people is superior to another |
| Zenger trial | a trial that helped promote the idea that the freedom of the press is a right that should be protected |
