Political & Government Terms
What is the definition of Common Good?
Actions and policies that benefit the entire community rather than just individuals
What was the Sugar Act of 1764?
Tax on sugar and other goods; first act to raise revenue from colonies
What is Colonization?
The process of establishing control over another territory and sending people to settle there
Who was George Washington
A Commander of The Continental Army and the first U.S. President
French and Indian War (1754-1763)
Conflict between Britain and France over North American territory
What is Natural Rights?
Rights that all humans are born with (life, liberty, pursuit of happiness)
What did the Stamp Act of 1765 do?
Required colonists to pay tax on printed materials
What was the Taxation without representation?
British policy of imposing taxes on colonies without allowing them representation in Parliament
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
A Primary author of Declaration of Independence and also the third U.S. President.
Declaration of Independence (1776)
Document formally declaring separation from Britain
The way a society organizes and distributes power, makes decisions, and governs its people
Political System
Taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea
Townshend Acts (1767)
Who were the Patriots?
Colonists who supported independence from Great Britain
Who was King George III?
A British monarch during The American Revolution who refused colonial demands
First military engagements of Revolutionary War
Lexington and Concord (1775)
A system where power is concentrated in the hands of a few leaders who control without citizen input
Authoritarian Government
What did the Tea Act (1773) do?
Gave British East India Company monopoly on tea sales
Economic policy where colonies exist to benefit the mother country through trade restrictions and resource extraction
Mercantilism
Who was Benjamin Franklin?
Diplomat, inventor, and negotiator of French alliance
Colonial protest where tea was dumped into Boston Harbor.
Boston Tea Party (1773)
What was the Salutary Neglect?
British policy of loose enforcement of colonial rules before 1763
What did the Intolerable Acts of (1774) do?
Punitive laws passed after Boston Tea Party
What is Sovereignty
The power of a nation to govern itself independently
What did Samuel Adams do?
Lead the revolutionary war who organized colonial resistance
Treaty of Paris (1783)
Ended The Revolutionary War; Britain recognized American independence