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Unit 2 Revolution
Road to Revolution Vocab and Policies
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Bias | Unfairly favoring one point of view, person or group over another |
| Boycott | A form of protest where people refuse to buy or use certain goods to force a change |
| Duty | A tax placed on goods imported from another country. |
| Grievance | An official complain about something believed to be wrong or unfair. |
| Loyalist | An American colonist who wanted to stay loyal to Great Britain and the King. |
| Militia | A body or ordinary citizens trained to fight as soldiers in emergencies, rather than a full time military force. |
| Patriot | An American colonist who wanted independence from Great Britain. |
| Petition | A formal written request signed by many people asking an authority or government to fix a problem. |
| Propaganda | Information (often misleading or exaggerated) used to promote a specific political cause or opinion. |
| Revenue | Income or money collected by a government, usually through taxes. |
| Revolution | A complete and sudden overthrow of a government or system to replace it with a new one. |
| Tyranny | Cruel, harsh, or unfair rule of a government. |
| Tyrant | A ruler who abuses their power in a cruel or unreasonable way. |
| Mercantilism | An economic theory that colonies exist to benefit the mother country by supplying raw materials and buying it's finished goods. |
| Navigation Acts | Laws requiring colonial trade to pass through England and travel on English ships, enforcing mercantilism. |
| Proclamation of 1763 | British order forbidding colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains. |
| Writs of Assistance | General search warrants letting British officials search any home or ship for smuggled goods without specific cause. |
| Sugar Act | A 1764 law that lowered the tax on molasses but enforced its collection strictly to raise revenue for Britain |
| Stamp Act | A 1765 law taxing printed materials like newspapers, legal documents, and playing cards by requiring a stamp. |
| Quartering Act | A law requiring colonists to house and supply British soldiers stationed in the colonies. |
| Townshend Act | A 1867 law taxing imported good such as glass, paper, paint, and tea. |
| Tea Act | A law giving the British East India Company a monopoly on tea sales, leading to the Boston Tea Party in 1773. |
| Intolerable Acts | A series of harsh laws punishing Massachusetts after the Boston Tea Party, including closing the Boston Harbor. |
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