Chapter 4 Vocabulary & Terms

economy

a system where money and goods are made and traded

social class

society divides it's people up into groups according to jobs, income, education, etc.

rights

something that you are morally, legally, or officially given
example: the right not to be beaten 

petition

to make a formal request or demand for change

Magna Carta

an English document that limits the power of the king

 Parliament

the law making assembly in England

blue laws

laws written by Puritans that made skipping church and/or drinking on a Sunday illegal

 First Great Awakening

a time period in the 1730s and 1740s when Christianity became very popular

 The Middle Passage

refers to the time Africans spent packed onto slave ships and crossing the Atlantic Ocean