YISD MS 8th SS Vocabulary

Religious Tolerance

• A group of people gathered together in one place for a common purpose.

• Allowing other people to think or practice other religions and beliefs.

• A written grant by a country's or sovereign power.

• The systematic mistreatment of an individual or group of individuals as a response to their religious beliefs

Social Contract

• An unofficial agreement shared by everyone in a society in which they give up some freedom for security.

• A condition of being safe or sheltered from pursuit, danger, or trouble.

• To name or assign to a position, an office, or the like.

Often known as the triangular trade, connected the economies of three continents.

• plantation system

• agricultural expansion

• colonization

• Transatlantic Slave Trade

Mercantilism

• State sponsored settlement of people to new territories.

• Political system where policies are created by representatives selected by the people.

• A geographic area that share similar

  characteristics.

• Economic theory where colonies serve as a source of raw materials to increase the wealth and maintain a favorable balance of trade for the “mother” country.

Individual rights protected by law from unjust governmental or other interference.

• imposed

• civil liberties

• boycott

• Intolerable Acts

Rights that cannot be taken away or denied such as "...life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness".

• French and Indian War

• Revolutionary War

• Quartering Act

• Unalienable Rights

Grievance

• Refusal to buy something as a form of protest.

• A complaint or protest, especially unfair treatment by a government.

• Changing from one governmental structure to another.

• Process of collecting money from citizens in order to fund government expenses.

Refusal to buy something as a form of protest.

• consent

• civil disobedience

• due process

• boycott

The action of signing or giving formal consent to a treaty, contract, or agreement, making it officially valid.

• consent

• provisions

• ratification

• veto

Consent

• The action or process of recognizing or being recognized.

• Successful in material terms; flourishing financially.

• Something steady that is not prone to change.

• Permission for something to happen or agreement to do something.