What is Law passed by Parliament the required colonists to pay for an official stamp whenever they bought paper items such as newspapers, licenses, and legal documents. (1765)
100
Tea Act
What is Law passed by Parliament allowing the British East India Company to sell its low-cost tea directly to the colonies, undermining colonial tea merchants; led to the Boston Tea Party (1773)
100
Guerilla Warfare
What is Type of fighting in which soldiers use swift hit-and-run attacks against the enemy.
100
Articles of Confederation
What is Document that created the first central government for the United States; replaced by the Constitution in 1789. (1777)
100
Debtor
What is A person who owes money.
200
Sons of Liberty
What is Secret societies formed in the mid-1700s to protest new taxes and to frighten tax collectors.
200
Intolerable Acts
What is Four laws passed by Parliament designed to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party and to tighten governmental control over the colonies. (1774)
200
rights
What is Just claims that belong to a person by law, nature, or tradition.
200
Ratification
What is Formal approval.
200
Depression
What is A steep drop in economic activity.
300
Townshend Act
What is Laws passed by Parliament placing duties on certain items imported by the colonists. (1767)
300
Second Continental Congress
What is Meeting of colonial delegates in Philadelphia to decide, among other things, how to react to fighting at Lexington and Concord. (1775)
300
Natural Rights
What is Basic, fundamental human rights that cannot be taken away or given up, such as religious freedom.
300
Tariff
What is A tax on imports or exports.
300
Federalism
What is U.S. system of government in which power is distributed between a central authority and individual states.
400
Boston Massacre
What is Incident in which British soldiers fired into a crowd of colonists, killing five people. (1770)
400
Olive Branch Petition -
What is A request for peace sent by the Second Continental Congress to Britain's King George III, who rejected it. (1775)
400
Republic
What is Type of government in which the people hold the political power.
400
Interstate commerce
What is Trade conducted between states.
400
Constitution
What is A set of basic principles that determines the powers and duties of a government.
500
Propaganda
What is Stories and images designed to support a particular point of view.
500
Declaration of Independence
What is Statement of the Second Continental Congress that defined the colonists' rights, outlined their complaints against the British government, and declared the colonies' independence. (1776)
500
Suffrage
What is Voting rights.
500
Creditor
What is A person who lends money.
500
Legislative Branch
What is Division of government that proposes bills and passes them into laws.