Road to Revolution (Unit 2) Vocab

Question 0

Greeks

Answer 0

• belief in democracy
• focus on education
• direct democracy

Question 1

Parliament

Answer 1

GB’s legislature

Question 2

Romans

Answer 2

• separation of powers
• system of checks & balances
• govt. based on written constitution
• time limits on govt. positions
• representative democracy
• levels/path to citizenship

Question 3

repeal

Answer 3

to take back / to remove

Question 4

boycott

Answer 4

refuse to use/buy goods & services

Question 5

John Locke

Answer 5

English political philosopher who developed the social contract theory that the Declaration of Independence is based on

Question 6

Sons/Daughters of Liberty

Answer 6

American Organizations that led the protest against British policies (enforced the boycotts, tarred & feathered people, etc.)

Question 7

social contract theory

Answer 7

• developed by John Locke
• 3 parts: Natural Rights, State of Nature, & Consent of the Governed
  * we have certain natural rights (including life, liberty, property), govt. is formed to protect those rights, & if govt. fails to do so then people can change the govt.

Question 8

George Washington

Answer 8

organized an army after the 2nd Continental Congress to prepare for war

Question 9

Stamp Act

Answer 9

• created to pay part of cost of supporting British troops
• was a tax on almost anything printed
• is diff. bc it affects everyone yet has nothing to do w/ trade

Question 10

Navigation Acts

Answer 10

British rules for enforcing mercantilism

Question 11

direct democracy

Answer 11

• everyone has a say in everything (no representatives)

- creates mob rule (decisions bc of emotions rather than logic)

Question 12

Committees of Correspondence

Answer 12

groups of colonists who would spread info. throughout the colonies

Question 13

French & Indian War

Answer 13

• lasted 7 yrs
• world wide conflict btwn GB & FR
• GB had growing pop. but not enough land & FR had small pop. but abundance of land
• GB wins & in Treaty of Paris, gets control of Canada & all lands east of Mississippi

Question 14

Magna Carta

Answer 14

• barons forced king to sign this documents (1215)

- signifies democracy has more power/is greater than monarchy

Question 15

arbitrary

Answer 15

uncontrolled / unrestricted

Question 16

unalienable rights

Answer 16

cannot be taken away

Question 17

mercantilism

Answer 17

philosophy of empire based on idea that a colony should benefit the mother country

Question 18

Polybius

Answer 18

Greek historian who was taken to Rome as a prisoner & who writes about Roman history & govt.

Question 19

Proclamation Line

Answer 19

• rule created by British that colonists could not go west of the Appalachian Mts. (bc GB couldn’t afford having so many people living on so much more land)
• colonists break proclamation line (its difficult to enforce bc of distance/size & its costly to)

Question 20

Period of Salutary Neglect

Answer 20

• period of time when GB was neglecting the American colony
  
  • bc of distance, Civil War in England, poor quality governors, & communication problems w/in America
• colonists benefited from political & economic freedom under Period of S.N.

Question 21

Boston Massacre

Answer 21

• mob of armed, unruly colonists encounter some British troops (at night) & 5 colonists are killed when some frightened British soldiers open fire
• noone really knows what happened for sure
• was used as propaganda by the colonists throughout America

Question 22

Boston Tea Party

Answer 22

• British East India co. has huge surplus of tea but on verge of bankruptcy
• Parliament wants to save company so allows them to import tea to America w/out paying the tax
• colonists got tea cheaper, but BEI became monopoly
• colonists protest & refused to import BEI tea & dumped tea in Boston Harbor

Question 23

Declaratory Act

Answer 23

stated Parliament had the right to make all laws regarding colonial matters
(in essence saying the colonists have no freedom)

Question 24

continental congress

Answer 24

- met 1st time after intolerable/coercive acts - met 2nd time for Declaration of Indpendence - way for colonies to organize themselves & unite (against GB)