HISTORY KEY TERMS---LIST 02

The Rights with which people are born.

• Natural Rights

• Civil Rights

• Constitutional Rights

• Human Rights

The ability to choose one's way without interference {from government}.

• Liberty

• Democracy

• Tyranny

• Enlightenment

British law that forbade the colonists from crossing the Appalachian Mountains and settling in the Ohio Valley after the French Indian War.

• Proclamation of 1763

• Stamp Act

• Townshend Acts

• Navigation Acts

An 1767 British law that taxed glass, paint, and other manufactured goods.

• Proclamation of 1763

• Stamp Act

• Townshend Acts

• Navigation Acts

British law that gave Parliament the power to pass any law regarding the American Colonies.

• Proclamation of 1763

• Stamp Act

• Townshend Acts

• Declaratory Act

A 1765 British law that taxed all paper products sold in the colonies such as legal documents, news papers, and playing cards.

• Proclamation of 1763

• Stamp Act

• Townshend Acts

• Declaratory Act

The intellectual and scientific movement of 18th century Europe which was characterized by a rational and scientific approach to religious, social, political, and economic issues.

• Liberty

• Democracy

• Tyranny

• Enlightenment

The exercise of power beyond what is legal and right.

• Liberty

• Democracy

• Tyranny

• Enlightenment

A search warrant issued by the British that allowed British officials to search anyone, anytime, for any reason.

• Writs of Assistance

• Writs of Habeas Corpes

• Writs of Parliament

• Writs of Society

Secret Organization formed by the American colonists to keep each other informed about the protests against British Laws.

• Committees of Correspondence

• Sons of Liberty

• Daughters of the American Revolution

• Dominion of New England