Vocabulary
Vocabulary Continued
13 Colonies
American Revolution
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What is a cruel and oppressive government or rule...
Tyranny
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What is a form of government where supreme authority is held by a single, usually hereditary ruler, such as a king or queen...
Monarchy
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Who was considered a colonist?
A. Someone who ruled over a colony from England
B. A person living in and helping to establish a colony
C. A British soldier during the Revolution
D. A member of Parliament
B. A person living in and helping to establish a colony
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What happened at the Boston Tea Party?
Colonists protested taxes by dumping tea into Boston Harbor
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What did the Mayflower Compact, Common Sense and the Declaration of Independence have in common?
Both established a framework for self-governance.
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What is the practice of collecting taxes (money) from citizens based on their earnings and property...
Taxation
200
What is to give assent or approval or agree
Consent
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What were the three regions in the Original 13 colonies?
New England, Middle and Southern Colonies
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What was the Boston Massacre?
An event where British soldiers killed several colonists during a protest
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What is the 1st Amendment?
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
300
What is a summary of fundamental rights and privileges that a government guarantees to the people (first 10 amendments to US Constitution)
Bill of Rights
300
What is a person who is bound to work for another for a specified time especially in return for payment of travel expenses, food, and shelter...
Indentured Servant
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What were 3 reasons why people came to the Original 13 colonies?
Wealth (Money)
Religious Freedom
Enslaved Africans were forced
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What was the main purpose of the Declaration of Independence?
To list complaints against King George III and declare freedom from Britain
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What is the 2nd Amendment?
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
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What is the basic principles and laws of a nation that determine the powers and duties of the government and guarantee certain rights to the people in it; a written instrument embodying the rules of a political or social organization
Constitution
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What is advocating for complete political or social change; representing or supporting an extreme or progressive section of a political party; or a person who does so
Radical
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What is an Indentured Servant?
Indentured servants sold their labor for a certain number of years in exchange for passage to America.
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What was the Mayflower Compact?
An agreement made by Pilgrims to create self-government in the colonies
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What is the 3rd Amendment?
prohibits the forced quartering of soldiers in private homes, meaning the government cannot house soldiers in a citizen's home without their consent, especially in times of peace
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What is a forcible overthrow of a government or social order, in favor of a new system
Revolution
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What is a a real or imagined wrong or other cause for complaint or protest, especially unfair treatment.
Grievance
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What was the Trans-Atlantic Save Trade?
The Transatlantic Slave Trade was a system of forced migration where millions of Africans were kidnapped, shipped across the Atlantic to the Americas, and sold into slavery.
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Why was Common Sense by Thomas Paine important?
It encouraged colonists to support independence from Britain
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What does the Bill of Rights do?
Lists the first ten amendments that protect citizens’ rights and freedoms