Why?
Cruel and oppressive government or rule.
What is Tyranny?
(Triple Score) The leaders who led the Revolutionary War and framed the Constitution.
Who are the Founding Fathers?
A tax or duty to be paid on a particular class of imports or exports.
What is a Tariff?
A person killed or injured in a war or accident.
What is a Casualty?
A formally concluded and ratified agreement between countries.
What is a treaty?
(Double Score) The idea that a government's legitimacy and moral right to use state power is only justified when consented to by the people.
What is Consent of the Governed?
(Dbl Score) Colonists who remained loyal to the British Crown.
What are Loyalists (Tories)?
(DBL Score) A punitive ban that forbids relations with certain groups or the buying of certain goods as a protest.
What is a Boycott?
A military operation in which enemy forces surround a town or building, cutting off supplies.
What is a Siege?
(DBL Score) A formal or explicit statement or announcement.
What is a Declaration?
(Triple Score) Supreme power or authority; the right of a nation to govern itself.
What is Sovereignty?
(DBL Score) A convention of delegates called together from the Thirteen Colonies which became the governing body of the United States.
What is the Continental Congress?
A primary grievance of the American colonists, who were taxed by the British Parliament without having any elected officials in it.
What is Taxation without Representation?
(DBL Score) A military force that is raised from the civil population to supplement a regular army in an emergency.
What is a Militia?
(DBL Score) An introductory statement; the opening of the Declaration of Independence.
What is a Preamble?
The state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions imposed by authority.
What is Liberty?
A common nickname for British soldiers due to their uniform color.
What are Redcoats?
The provision of housing or lodgings, especially for troops.
What is Quartering?
A form of irregular warfare in which small groups use military tactics like ambushes and raids.
What is Guerrilla Warfare?
An organization which consists of a number of parties or groups united in an alliance or league.
What is a Confederation?
The idea from John Locke that all people are born with basic rights: Life, Liberty & Property.
What are Natural Rights?
Colonists who rebelled against British control.
What are Patriots?
The exclusive possession or control of the supply or trade in a commodity or service (e.g., The Tea Act).
What is a Monopoly?
Unable to be taken away from or given away by the possessor.
What is Unalienable?
To sign or give formal consent to a treaty, contract, or agreement, making it officially valid.
What is Ratify?