Slavery violated the “golden rule” that says to treat others the way you want them to treat you. Others opposed slavery because they feared slave rebellions.

Some boys went to college to become members of the clergy. Girls stayed with their mothers to learn skills like sewing and cooking. Girls did not go to college.

the publishing of lies

The backcountry

family farms that produce only enough food for the family

The English government did not strictly enforce its colonial policies. The American colonies became used to governing themselves, living in relative freedom.

white indentured servants

A Conestoga Wagon

an intellectual movement that emphasized the use of reason to examine previously accepted beliefs

acceptance of others

a British minister who used theatrical gestures and thundering words