Life in the Colonies

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Across
  1. 2. former slave whose plays & poems supported the Revolution
  2. 4. divine right claims WHO gets their right to rule from God?
  3. 9. 1st colonial poet
  4. 11. trade pattern between the British, the Americas & Africa
  5. 13. slave codes _________the rights & activities of slaves
  6. 15. habeas corpus protects people from unfair _____________
  7. 16. belief that one race is superior to another
  8. 17. author of Poor Richard's Almanac; self-made man
  9. 18. upper class
  10. 19. unlike slaves, these servants agreed to work for a master
  11. 21. Enlightenment thinker: separation of powers
Down
  1. 1. type of school supported by taxpayers
  2. 3. type of family that includes aunts, uncles, grandparents
  3. 5. publishing false statements to damage a person's reputation
  4. 6. the right to publish the truth is __________of the press
  5. 7. one who learns a trade by working with an expert
  6. 8. group of people who have the power to make laws
  7. 10. these are listed in the bill of rights
  8. 12. Enlightenment thinker: all people have natural rights
  9. 14. intellectual movement of 1700's
  10. 20. type of colonial school run by women in their homes
  11. 21. social class in colonies made up of small farmers & artisans
  12. 22. colonial preacher who helped start the Great Awakening