Unit 2 American Revolution Vocabulary #2

The act of having someone vote on your behalf especially in a legislative body.

• Imposed

• Representation

• Consent

• Violated

Eager to prevent or put an end to; disapproving of or disagreeing with.

• Violated

• Representation

• Consent

• Opposed

Individual rights protected by law from unjust tyrannical governments.

• Civil Liberties

• Representation

• Taxes

• Tyranny

Failed to respect someone's rights or civil liberties.

• Opposed

• Violated

• Taxes

• Imposed

Permission for something to happen or agreement to do something.

• Violated

• Representation

• Consent

• Opposed

The basic rights and freedoms that belong to every person in the world, from birth until death. ... These basic rights are based on shared values like dignity, fairness, equality, respect and independence.

• Human Rights

• Political Rights

• Social Rights

• Economic Rights

Had or took control of

• Violated

• Opposed

• Possessed

• Consent

Charges usually of money imposed by authority on persons or property for public purposes.

• Taxes

• Representation

• Consent

• Opposed

Patriotic societies, originally secret, that opposed the Stamp Act and thereafter supported moves for American independence.

• Militia

• Civil Liberties

• Sons of Liberty

• Ally

An act of the British Parliament in 1765 that exacted revenue from the American colonies by imposing a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents. Colonial opposition led to the act's repeal in 1766 and helped encourage the revolutionary movement against the Crown.

• Newspaper Act

• Quartering Act

• Stamp Act

• Tea Act