Core Historical & Political Terms
A government where one ruler has all the power and uses it cruelly and unjustly
What is tyranny?
This 1763 British law forbade colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
American colonists who strongly opposed British tyranny and fought for independence.
Who are Patriots?
A small, unbound booklet used to spread political ideas and opinions to the public.
What is a pamphlet?
To force or pressure someone to do something.
What is compel?
The supreme power of a state to govern itself without outside interference.
What is sovereignty?
he act of forcing colonists to provide housing, food, and supplies to British soldiers.
What is quartering?
American colonists who remained loyal to the British Crown during the Revolution.
Who are Loyalists?
Thomas Paine's famous _____ helped convince colonists to support independence.
What is Common Sense?
Permission, agreement, or approval for something to happen.
What is consent?
An official statement of complaint about something believed to be wrong or unfair.
What is a grievance?
The first direct British tax on colonists in 1765, requiring stamps on paper goods.
What is the Stamp Act?
A secret political organization of Patriots formed to protest British taxes and protect colonial rights.
Who are the Sons of Liberty?
A design carved into a hard surface like copper, used to print images in newspapers and flyers.
What is an engraving?
Provided or blessed with a permanent quality, talent, or natural right.
What is endowed?
A form of protest where people refuse to buy or use something to force change.
What is a boycott?
A 1767 series of laws that taxed imported goods like glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea.
What are the Townshend Acts?
This group sometimes used radical tactics, like destroying property, to oppose British policies.
Who are the Sons of Liberty?
Paul Revere created a famous, biased _____ showing the Boston Massacre as propaganda.
What is an engraving?
The Declaration of Independence says people have _____ rights that cannot be taken away.
What is unalienable?
To officially cancel or withdraw a law or congressional act.
What is repeal?
Punitive laws passed in 1774 to punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party; also called the Coercive Acts.
What are the Intolerable Acts?
The two main opposing groups of colonists during the American Revolution were _____ and _____.
Who are Patriots and Loyalists?
Both pamphlets and engravings were used as _____ to influence colonial public opinion.
What is propaganda?
Absolute power exercised by a single entity in a tyrannical manner.
What is despotism?