Life in the Middle Colonies

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Across
  1. 4. corpus: right not to be held in prison without 1st being charged with a specific crime
  2. 6. belief that one race is superior to another
  3. 8. publishing false statements that could damage one's reputation
  4. 9. a person who learns a trade/craft from a master
  5. 12. to keep
  6. 13. right: belief that a rulers authority comes directly from God
  7. 16. of powers: principle by which the powers of government are divided among separate branches
Down
  1. 1. code: a group of laws that controlled every aspect of enslaved African Americans lives and denied them basic rights
  2. 2. rights: rights that belong to everyone from birth including life, liberty, and property
  3. 3. impose a tax
  4. 5. part of the government that makes laws
  5. 7. servant: a person who signs a contract to work for a set number of years in exchange for a passage to the colonies
  6. 10. trade: three-way trade route between the colonies, the island of the Caribbean, and Africa
  7. 11. of rights: written list of freedoms that a government promises to protect
  8. 14. of press: right of newspapers and other media to publish articles believed to be accurate
  9. 15. upper class of colonial society