Unit 4 CHAPTER 2 The Road to Revolution

Chapter 2 Test - Bayou Bridges

Reconciliation

Bringing people with differences together to understand each other

Despotism

Political system where ruler holds absolute power

Unanimous

Complete agreement among all parties involved

Loyalist

Colonist loyal to Great Britain, nicknamed 'Tories'

Natural right

Rights originating from nature or divine authority, cannot be taken away

Patriot

Colonist protesting British actions restricting freedoms

Massacre

Killing of helpless individuals under cruel circumstances

Posterity

Future generations of people

Stamp Act

passed by the British Parliament in 1765, imposed taxes on a wide range of printed materials in the American colonies

Proclamation Line of 1763

Set along the Appalachian Mountains, and its purpose was to separate land reserved for Native American tribes from land open for settlement by European colonists.

Taxation without representation

When a government imposes taxes on people who have no say or representation in the decision-making process, it undermines their status as free citizens.

Natural Rights listed in the Declaration of Independence

life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness

Boston Tea Party

Event leading to Intolerable Acts and First Continental Congress

Crispus Attucks

First person to die for American Independence

Townshend Acts

Acts denying colonists' rights to trial by jury

Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania

John Dickinson's letters encouraged opposition to British taxation

Colonial Militias

set in place to protect local communities from British attack

pay for British troops

The British Parliament passed the "Stamp Act" to help __________________________________________________stationed in the colonies during the Seven Years' War.

violation of the basic rights

James Otis expresses the fundamental principle that taxation without representation is a_____________________________________________________________ of individuals in a free society.

oppress the colonies and impose chains upon them.

In Patrick Henry's speech he points out that there is no external threat to justify such a massive deployment of military forces by Great Britain, leaving no doubt that these forces are meant to...

The Stamp Act

1765; law that taxed printed goods, including: playing cards, documents, newspapers, etc.