U.S. HISTORY I FLASHCARDS and DEFINITIONS As of November 16, 2015 UNIT 1: The Road towards Revolution District Vocabulary List #1 (Items 1 through 10) 1. ECONOMIC relating to money and resources of a country or region 2. SOCIAL how people relate to each other 3. POLITICAL relating to or involving government 4. EQUALITY all citizens are the same before the law; no superior class 5. LIBERTY the personal, political, and economic freedom of citizens to choose what will benefit them 6. RIGHTS powers or privileges that belong to people as citizens and that cannot or should not be taken away by the government 7. RESPONSIBILITIES duties that one is required to do as a citizen 8. CONFLICT a dispute between people that may be settled peacefully or violently 9. CITIZENSHIP official membership of a country which includes rights and responsibilities the status given to a legal member of a country it involves rights, duties, and privileges 10. NATURALIZED CITIZEN someone who is not born in the United States and voluntarily becomes a U.S. citizen
11. FORCE THEORY the belief that the state started when a person or group claimed control over an area and forced the people within to submit to their rule 12. DIVINE RIGHT OF KINGS the belief that the right of rule derives (comes) directly from God and not from the consent of the people 13. MONARCHY a state ruled or headed by a monarch, such as a king or queen 14. ABSOLUTE MONARCHY a ruler who governs alone and is not restrained by laws, a constitution, or custom 15. SOCIAL CONTRACT an implied agreement among people that results in the organization of society individuals surrender liberty in return for protection and the benefits of group life 16. POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY the people are the source of any and all government power 17. NATURAL RIGHTS according to John Locke, all humans possess certain rights, freedoms, and privileges that are a basic part of human nature includes life, liberty and property 18. AN ACT a law District Vocabulary List #2 (Items 18 through 27) 19. COLONY a territory established and governed by a country in another land 20. DEMOCRACY a system of government in which the power to govern belongs to the people 21. PARLIAMENT England s chief lawmaking body; consists of two houses: 1. House of Lords (upper house) 2. House of Commons (lower house)
22. PROTEST something said or done that shows disagreement with or disapproval of something 23. REPEAL to take back or to cancel a law 24. SALUTARY NEGLECT the policy of weakly enforcing laws that England used in ruling the American colonies for much of the late 1600s and early 1700s 25. TARIFF a tax imposed by the government on goods imported from another country 26. TYRANNY the unjust use of government power 27. VIOLATION to break an established rule or law District Vocabulary List #3 (Items 28 through 37) 28. BOYCOTT to refuse to buy one or more goods from a certain source an organized refusal by many people to buy goods as a means of protest 29. DAUGHTERS OF LIBERTY? 30. LOYALISTS (Tories) American colonists who supported the British during the American Revolution 31. MASSACRE brutal slaughter of people 32. MILITIA force of armed civilians pledged to defend their community during the Revolution 33. MINUTEMEN members of the colonial militia who were trained to respond at a minute s warning 34. PATRIOTS American colonists who sided with the rebels in the Revolution American colonists who believed that the colonies had the right to govern themselves
35. REBELLION violent attempt t resist the government 36. REVOLUTION forcible overthrow of government 37. SONS OF LIBERTY secret society of colonists that opposed British policies during the Revolution 38. TYRANT a ruler who uses power unjustly District Vocabulary List #4 (Items 39 through 48) 39. ALLY a nation that joins another nation in some common effort, such as winning a war 40. CONTINENTAL ARMY the American Army during the Revolutionary War 41. DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE document stating that the colonists are no longer under British rule 42. FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS the initial meeting of delegates in 1774 from all the colonies except Georgia to uphold colonial rights 43. GRIEVANCE a complaint against an offense 44. INTOLERABLE ARCTS series of laws enacted by Parliament in 1774 to punish Massachusetts colonists for the Boston Tea Party 45. PETITION a formal written request made to sn official person or organization 46. REDCOATS the British Army during the Revolutionary War 47. STRATEGY an overall plan; for example, for winning a war
48. TREATY a formal agreement between nations 49. TRAITOR a person guilty of the crime of treason, or disloyalty to the government 50. COMMON SENSE the pamphlet, written by Thomas Paine, to persuade colonists to rebel against Britain 51. SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS the meeting of delegates from all 13 colonies in 1775 to manage the war effort and act as the colonial government