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Indentured Servant

Individual who agreed to work without wages for period of in exchange for transportation to the colonies

Triangular Trade

Three-way pa ttern of trade that involved England

Middle Passage

The forced transport of enslaved Africans from West Africa to the Americas

Magna Carta

English Document from 1215 that limited the power of the king and provided basic rights to citizens

Parliament

Legislative body of a country

English Bill of Rights

Documents signed in 1682 that guaranteed the rights of English citizens

Habeas Corpus

Constitutional guarantee that no one can be held in prison without charges being filed

Salutary Neglect

British policy in early 1700s which allowed the colonies virtual self-rule as l ong as Great Britan was gaining economically