Vocabulary
A group of armed citizens prepared for military service at any time
What is a Militia?
Washington built this in a bad spot - on low land that flooded when it rained and ruined their supplies and weapons
What is Fort Necessity?
Govt cannot take your property away without a judge's permission, and the govt had to pay for the property it was taking
What is Right to Own Property?
An agreement between 2 or more groups to bring an end to fighting, conflict, or war between themselves
What is a Peace Treaty?
Forced to become a slave
What is Enslaved?
Where newly settled areas adjoin unsettled areas or the wilderness
What is Frontier?
Spain gave Florida to which country in the Treaty of Paris?
What is England?
Govt cannot search your home or business without a reason and a judge's permission
What is Right to Privacy?
Money that people are required to pay to support the workings of the government
What is a Tax?
A large farm where cash crops are grown by the person who owns the land
What is a Plantation?
Freedom from the control of a person or group of people
What is Independence?
These 2 countries fought in the French and Indian War
Who are the French and the English?
A citizen could not be put in jail unless accused of breaking the law. Then they had a right to a trial.
What is Right to Fair Trial?
The ability of people to rule themselves and make their own laws
What is Self-Government?
Where were the original 13 Colonies?
What is the East Coast, from Atlantic Ocean to Appalachian Mountains?
A group of representatives who gather to make laws
What is an Assembly?
Who did not have enough men to drive the French out so he should have returned to Virginia but he went on to attack anyway
Who is George Washington?
Citizens allowed to gather peacefully to talk about a problem or protest something, govt cannot stop them
What is Freedom to Assemble?
A person who is chosen of elected to speak on the behalf of other people
What is a Representative?
A plant used to give food flavor or as medicine
What is an Herb?
A protected building or place that is generally used by the military as a stronghold
What is a Fort?
What did the rest of the world call the French and Indian War?
What is the Seven Years War?
Citizens can petition the govt to ask for a law to be changed, or for other actions
What is Right to Change Laws?
The law making branch of the American government that is made up of the House of Representatives and the Senate
What is a Congress?
The French and Indian War ended when Great Britain and France signed the _____________ in 1763
What is the Treaty of Paris?