Ch 4 Colonial Influence Vocabulary

to cancel a law

• grievance

• limited government

• repeal

• consent of the governed

the government has power because citizens allow it

• republicanism

• tyrant

• consent of the governed

• social contract

a firm decision or course of action

• boycott

• delegate

• polis

• resolution

God given rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness that can not be taken away by the government (inalienable rights)

• judicial

• republic

• oppression

• natural rights

unfair treatment or control of a group of people

• oppression

• self-evident

• legislature

• repeal

an absolute ruler, especially one who is harsh and unfair

• natural rights

• oppression

• tyrant

• resolution

support for republican form of government

• grievance

• polis

• republicanism

• judicial

a system of government in which people elect representatives to make policies and laws for them

• republic

• boycott

• consent of the governed

• self-evident

city-state; acts like a small country

• repeal

• limited government

• tyrant

• polis

complaint

• republic

• natural rights

• grievance

• social contract