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CL M1L4 Key Terms
Civic Literacy Module 1 Lesson 4 Key Terms
Term | Definition |
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Parliament | The British legislature (legislative government). |
Taxes | Governments use fees to raise revenue for government expenditures like war. |
Act | Taxes or other rules passed by parliament on to the colonies. |
Delegate | A person nominated to represent a group of people in government. |
Propaganda | To influence the minds of the people who believe your political cause or point. |
Minutemen | A small hand-picked elite force who were in the continental army during the American Revolutionary war, which were required to be highly mobile and able to assemble quickly. |
Redcoats | Colonists referred to British soldiers as these because of their red uniforms. |
Patriots | Colonists who supported the revolution during the American Revolution. |
Loyalists | Colonists who supported the British during the American Revolution. |
Unalienable Rights | Thomas Jefferson refers to these in the Declaration of Independence, saying that everyone has the right to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. |