Colonial Life Vocabulary

An act passed by Parliament in 1689 that limited the monarch's power by giving certain powers to Parliament and listing specific rights of the citizens

• English Bill of Rights

• Right

• Magna Carta

• Parliament

A power or privilege that belongs to people as citizens and that cannot or should not be taken away by the government.

• English Bill of Rights

• Right

• Magna Carta

• Parliament

An agreement made in 1215 listing the rights granted by King John to all free men of the kingdom

• English Bill of Rights

• Right

• Magna Carta

• Parliament

The lawmaking body of England, consisting of representatives from throughout the kingdom.

• English Bill of Rights

• Right

• Magna Carta

• Parliament

The exchange of goods and enslaved people between Europe, West Africa, and the Americans

• Leisure

• triangular trade

• rebelled

• Great Awakening

Time spent not working

• Leisure

• triangular trade

• rebelled

• Great Awakening

To fight against a government or another authority

• Leisure

• triangular trade

• rebelled

• Great Awakening

A revival of religious feeling and belief among Protestant Christians in the American colonies that began in the 1730's.

• Leisure

• triangular trade

• rebelled

• Great Awakening