s.s ch5 part 2 Flashcards
This term means to agree to or to allow - the people have to give their _____ in order to be taxed.
Consent
This is presenting only one side of a story in order to persuade people to support a cause
Propaganda
This document gave customs officers the authority to search homes and businesses for smuggled goods
Writ of assistance
This act of vandalism by Minutemen disguised as Mohawk Indians led to the Intolerable Acts
The Boston Tea Party
He argued that it was against nature for a large country to be ruled by a small country - so America should be free of Britain.
Thomas Paine, in his pamphlet, Common Sense.
This group of representatives from most colonies met to decide how to respond to the Intolerable Acts
The First Continental Congress
This group sent the Olive Branch Petition and appointed George Washing ton head of the Continental Army
The Second Continental Congress
The “Shot Heard Round the World” was fired here
The Battle of Lexington and Concord
on Lexington Bridge
Colonists argued that Writs of Assistance and the Quartering Act violated this right that they had as British citizens
The right of privacy
This British law required colonists to house and feed British soldiers in several American cities, including Boston
The Quartering Act
This unpopular and widely ignored British law prohibited colonists from settling land west of the Appalachian Mountains
The Proclamation of 1763
A formal complaint – like those in the 3rd section of the Declaration of Independence
a grievance
This term means that rights cannot be taken away.
Unalienable
This part of the Declaration of Independence contains the basic rights of all men.
Statement of Beliefs and Values
This future President wrote the first draft of the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
According to the Declaration of Independence, these are the unalienable rights of all men
Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness
Under what conditions do a people have the right to rebel and replace their government?
If the government fails to protect the people’s natural rights (or violates the people’s rights)
According to the Declaration of Independence, why are certain rights unalienable?
Because they are “natural rights” – they come from the Creator(GOD)
