DISTRICT VOCABULARY LISTS DISTRICT VOCABULARY LISTS NAME: __________________________ UNIT 1 REVIEW PERIOD: 1 2 4 5 6 _____ 1. relating to money and resources of a country or region   _____ 2. powers or privileges that belong to people as citizens and that cannot or should not be taken away by the government _____ 3. relating to or involving a government    _____ 4. all citizens are the same before the law; no superior class _____ 5. official membership of a country which includes rights and responsibilities _____ 6. how people relate to each other _____ 7. duties that one is required to do as a citizen _____ 8. the personal, political and economic freedom of citizens to choose what will best benefit them _____ 9. a dispute between people that may be settled peacefully or violently _____ 10. someone who is not born in the United States and voluntarily becomes a U.S. citizen _____ 11. to break an established rule or law _____ 12. a law _____ 13. the unjust use of government power _____ 14. something said or done that shows disagreement with or disapproval of something _____ 15. a tax imposed by the government on goods imported from another country _____ 16. hands-off policy of England towards its American colonies during the first half of the 1700s _____ 17. the law making body of England, consisting of representatives from throughout the kingdom _____ 18. to take back, or cancel, a law _____ 19. a territory established and governed by a country in another land _____ 20. a system of government in which the power to govern belongs to the people an act ally boycott citizenship colony conflict Continental Army Daughters of Liberty Declaration of Independence democracy economic equality First Continental Congress grievance Intolerable Acts liberty Loyalists massacre militia minutemen naturalized citizen Parliament Patriots petition political protest rebellion Redcoats repeal responsibilities revolution rights salutary neglect social Sons of Liberty strategy tariffs treaty tyranny violation

Declaration of Independence democracy economic equality _____ 21. secret society of colonists that opposed British policies during the Revolution   _____ 22. women who displayed their loyalty to the rebels by participating in boycotts of British goods _____ 23. violent attempt to resist the government    _____ 24. forcible overthrow of government _____ 25. American colonists who sided with the rebels in the Revolution _____ 26. force of armed civilians pledged to defend their community during the Revolution _____ 27. members of the colonial militia who were trained to respond at a “minute’s warning” _____ 28. refusal to buy certain goods   _____ 29. American colonists who supported the British during the Revolution _____ 30. brutal slaughter of people _____ 31. a formal written request made to an official person or organization _____ 32. document stating that the colonists are no longer under British rule _____ 33. overall plan of action _____ 34. the British Army during the Revolutionary War _____ 35. a complaint against an offense _____ 36. the initial meeting of delegates in 1774 from all of the colonies except Georgia to uphold colonial rights _____ 37. series of laws enacted by Parliament in 1774 to punish Massachusetts colonists for the Boston Tea Party _____ 38. a nation that joins another nation in some common effort; such as fighting a war _____ 39. a formal agreement between nations in reference to peace, alliance, commerce, etc. _____ 40. the American Army during the Revolutionary War an act ally boycott citizenship colony conflict Continental Army Daughters of Liberty Declaration of Independence democracy economic equality First Continental Congress grievance Intolerable Acts liberty Loyalists massacre militia minutemen naturalized citizen Parliament Patriots petition political protest rebellion Redcoats repeal responsibilities revolution rights salutary neglect social Sons of Liberty strategy tariffs treaty tyranny violation