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