American Revolution Vocabulary

Taxation

• refusal to buy something as a form of protest

• American colonists who supported independence from Great Britain

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

• changing from one governmental structure to another

Quartering

• The act of housing a soldier.

• refusal to buy something as a form of protest

• a complaint

Unalienable Rights

• refusal to buy something as a form of protest

• refusal to obey laws as a form of protest

• What's unalienable cannot be taken away or denied

Mercantilism

• the state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions imposed by authority on one's way of life, behavior, or political views

• (in the UK) the highest legislature, they made the laws in England. Consisting of the sovereign, the House of Lords, and the House of Commons.

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

• The act of housing a soldier.

Loyalists

• American colonists who supported independence from Great Britain

• American colonists who did not support independence from Great Britain

Grievance

• a complaint

• The act of housing a soldier.

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

Independence

• is a condition of a nation, country, or state in which its residents and population, or some portion thereof, exercise self-government, and usually sovereignty, over the territory.

• What's unalienable cannot be taken away or denied.

• the state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions imposed by authority on one's way of life, behavior, or political views

Patriots

• American colonists who supported independence from Great Britain

• American colonists who did not support independence from Great Britain

Civil Disobedience

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

• changing from one governmental structure to another

• a complaint

• refusal to obey laws as a form of protest

Political Revolution

• refusal to obey laws as a form of protest

• changing from one governmental structure to another

• is a condition of a nation, country, or state in which its residents and population, or some portion thereof, exercise self-government, and usually sovereignty, over the territory.