US History Great Britain Vocab

Question 1

Boston Tea Party

Answer 1

a protest against the British tax on tea. The colonists destroyed 3 shiploads in Boston Harbor. The responses by the British was to close the port and reduce the colonists assemblies such as town meetings

Question 2

Abuse

Answer 2

wrongful use or mistreatment

Question 3

Boycott

Answer 3

an organised refusal to buy or use a product, or to deal with a company or group of companies, as a protest, or as a means of forcing them to take action

Question 4

Albany Plan of Union

Answer 4

an early attempt to form a union of the colonies, 1754

Question 5

Capitalism

Answer 5

economic system characterized by private ownership of the means of production and by private initiative, competition, and profit

Question 6

French and Indian Wars

Answer 6

a war between the french and English over trading privileges. The name given to this war fought in the American colonies reflects the perspective of English who fought the French and their allied American Indian forces

Question 7

alliances

Answer 7

associations of nations or political parties, for example, for a common purpose or objective

Question 8

Appalachian Mountains

Answer 8

mountain range located on the eastern side of the US

Question 9

Coercive Acts

Answer 9

also known as the Intolerable Acts, passed by the British in response to the Boston Tea Party (1774

Question 10

Favorable Balance of Trade

Answer 10

a business exchange in which more is sold than bought, creating profit

Question 11

Navigation Acts

Answer 11

part of the mercantilist policy of England in the 1650s that said that English goods must be shipped on English ships

Question 12

Nonimportation Agreements

Answer 12

following the issuing of the Stamp Act, the American colonists agreed to boycott British goods.

Question 13

object

Answer 13

disapprove

Question 14

outlaw

Answer 14

to prohibit or to stop

Question 15

Mississippi River

Answer 15

the 2,300 mile long river flowing from the north to south that divides the US. The mouth of the river is in New Orleans

Question 16

Parliament

Answer 16

a democratic government ruled by a national representative body that has supreme legislative power

Question 17

political system

Answer 17

the method or tactics involved in managing a government

Question 18

Salutary Neglect

Answer 18

Britains “healthy ignoring” of the American colonies as it dealt with the war with France. This period of neglect helped foster a sense of independence among the colonies.

Question 19

7 Years War

Answer 19

a war between France and England, its counterpart on american soil was known as the French and Indian Wars, as a result gained control of N. America

Question 20

Raw Materials

Answer 20

unprocessed natural products used in manufacture

Question 21

Prohibit

Answer 21

stop, forbid, ban

Question 22

Stamp Act 1765

Answer 22

Act of British Parliament that placed a tax on all official colonial documents and publications (marriage licenses, newspapers, deed)