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WorksheetsYISD MS 8th SS Vocabulary
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 45mins
Religious Tolerance
A group of people gathered together in one place for a common purpose.
Allowing other people to think or practice other religions and beliefs.
A written grant by a country's or sovereign power.
The systematic mistreatment of an individual or group of individuals as a response to their religious beliefs
Social Contract
An unofficial agreement shared by everyone in a society in which they give up some freedom for security.
A condition of being safe or sheltered from pursuit, danger, or trouble.
To name or assign to a position, an office, or the like.
Often known as the triangular trade, connected the economies of three continents.
plantation system
agricultural expansion
colonization
Transatlantic Slave Trade
Mercantilism
State sponsored settlement of people to new territories.
Political system where policies are created by representatives selected by the people.
A geographic area that share similar
characteristics.
Economic theory where colonies serve as a source of raw materials to increase the wealth and maintain a favorable balance of trade for the “mother” country.
Individual rights protected by law from unjust governmental or other interference.
imposed
civil liberties
boycott
Intolerable Acts
Rights that cannot be taken away or denied such as "...life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness".
French and Indian War
Revolutionary War
Quartering Act
Unalienable Rights
Grievance
Refusal to buy something as a form of protest.
A complaint or protest, especially unfair treatment by a government.
Changing from one governmental structure to another.
Process of collecting money from citizens in order to fund government expenses.
Refusal to buy something as a form of protest.
consent
civil disobedience
due process
boycott
The action of signing or giving formal consent to a treaty, contract, or agreement, making it officially valid.
consent
provisions
ratification
veto
Consent
The action or process of recognizing or being recognized.
Successful in material terms; flourishing financially.
Something steady that is not prone to change.
Permission for something to happen or agreement to do something.
Articles of Confederation
The original constitution of the US, ratified in 1781, which was replaced by the US Constitution in 1789.
The first governing document of Plymouth Colony.
The first ten amendments to the US Constitution, ratified in 1791.
An executive order issued on January 1, 1863, by President Lincoln freeing slaves in all portions of the United States not then under Union control.
Was a United States policy of opposing European colonialism in the Americas beginning in 1823.
Monroe Doctrine
Three-Fifths Compromise
Alien and Sedition Acts
Judicial Review
Fair treatment through the normal judicial system, especially as a citizen's entitlement.
bicameral
foreign policy
Northwest Ordinance
Due Process
Foreign Policy
A government's strategy in dealing with other nations.
Political system in which power is shared between a national centralized government and a collection of smaller state governments.
Document outlining the fundamental principles and structures of a
government.
An alliance of states created fora common purpose.
Was a 1794 uprising of farmers and distillers in Western Pennsylvania in protest of a whiskey tax enacted by the federal government
political parties
Federalists
embargo
Whiskey Rebellion
