Key Vocabulary
What is colonization?
The process of establishing control over another territory and sending people to settle there
What is Political System?
The way a society organizes and distributes power, makes decisions, and governs its people
What is Sugar Act (1764)?
Tax on sugar and other goods; first act to raise revenue from colonies
What are Sons of Liberty?
Secret organization of colonial patriots who organized protests
What is French and Indian War (1754-1763)?
Conflict between Britain and France over North American territory
What is Mercantilism?
Economic policy where colonies exist to benefit the mother country through trade restrictions and resource extraction
What is Common Good?
Actions and policies that benefit the entire community rather than just individuals
What is the Stamp Act (1765)?
Required colonists to pay tax on printed materials
What is Daughters of Liberty?
Women who supported boycotts through making homemade goods
What is Boston Tea Party (1773)?
Colonial protest where tea was dumped into Boston Harbor
What is Loyalists?
Colonists who remained loyal to Great Britain
What is Natural Rights?
Rights that all humans are born with (life, liberty, pursuit of happiness)
What is Quartering Act (1765)?
Required colonists to house and supply British soldiers
What is Boycott?
Refusing to buy British goods as protest
What is First Continental Congress (1774)?
Colonial meeting to address British actions
What is Sovereignty?
The power of a nation to govern itself independently
What is Democratic Government?
A system where power comes from the people, who have a voice in decision-making
What is Townshend Acts (1767)?
Taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea
What is Homespun Movement?
Making clothes at home instead of buying British textiles
What is Lexington and Concord (1775)?
First military engagements of Revolutionary War
What is Taxation without representation?
British policy of imposing taxes on colonies without allowing them representation in Parliament
What is Salutary Neglect?
British policy of loose enforcement of colonial rules before 1763
What is Tea Act (1773)?
Gave British East India Company monopoly on tea sales
What is the Boston Tea Party?
Protest where colonists dumped British tea into Boston Harbor
What is Treaty of Paris (1783)?
Ended Revolutionary War; Britain recognized American independence