Social Studies STAAR Vocabulary

System of settling new lands that remain under the government of their native land.

• Colonization
• Charter
• Mercantilism
• Salutary Neglect

To establish or set up.

• Taxation
• Boycott
• Persecution
• Founded

A document that gives the holder the right to organize settlements in an area.

• Taxation
• Charter
• Era
• Tyranny

Having to do with one’s own homeland (U.S.)

• Foreign
• Domestic

Involving other countries

• Foreign
• Domestic

A long and distinct period of history with a particular feature or characteristic.

• Grievance
• Persecution
• Enlightenment
• Era

Government process of charging a fee on goods, products, people and/or activities.

• Salutary Neglect
• Mercantilism
• Taxation
• Tyranny

Complaints

• Grievances
• Tyranny
• Oppression
• Persecution

Cruel, oppressive or unjust government; usually at the hands of a dictator or Monarch.

• Persecution
• Mercantilism
• Salutary Neglect
• Tyrrany

To refuse to buy something as a form of protest.

• Civil Disobedience
• Boycott
• Emancipation
• Ratify