8th 2nd 9wks Vocab (Midterm)

a preliminary or preparatory statement; an introduction - the first part of the Declaration of Independence.

• Grievances

• Preamble

• Natural Rights

a compulsory contribution to state revenue, levied by the government on workers' income and business profits, or added to the cost of some goods, services, and transactions - as in the Sugar Act and Tea Act

• Taxes

• Mercantilism

• Preamble

an indiscriminate and brutal slaughter of people - what happened in Boston resulting in 5 deaths including Crispus Attucks.

• Boston Team Party

• French and Indian War

• Boston Massacre

an act or means of sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving

• Grievances

• Blockade

• Preamble

withdraw from commercial or social relations with (a country, organization, or person) as a punishment or protest - refusing to do business or buy a product

• Boycott

• Blockade

• Declaration of Independence

a union or association formed for mutual benefit, especially between countries or organizations - as with France helping the Colonies.

• Settlers

• Colonial

• Alliance

a forcible overthrow of a government or social order, in favor of a new system - the American ________________

• Revolution

• Colonies

• Declaration

a real or imagined wrong or other cause for complaint or protest, especially unfair treatment. A list of these were in the 3rd part of the Declaration of Independence.

• Grievance

• Preamble

• Natural Rights

a formal written request, typically one signed by many people, appealing to authority with respect to a particular cause - tried many times by the colonists to the king BEFORE the writing of the Declaration of Independence.

• Boycott

• Petition

• Revolution

freedom from the control, influence, support, aid, or the like, of others - to be on your own.

• Loyalist

• Preamble

• Independence