Chapter 5 Content and Academic Vocabulary Test ReviewTEST TOMORROW!

MILITIA

groups of citizen soldiers

CONSENT

•permit, approve or agree

•(The colonists argued that they could not be taxed without their agreement.)

LOYALISTS

•those colonists who decided to support Britain

ACQUIRE

•to come into possession or ownership of

•(the British gained French lands east of the Mississippi River as a result of winning the French and Indian War)

PROPAGANDA

•information designed to influence opinion

NON-IMPORTATION (AGREEMENTS)•not to buy or use imported goods (usually businesses

EFFIGY

•a life-size rag figure representing a hated person

REVOLUTION

•overthrow of an established government

•(The colonists were left with no other choice than to fight for their liberties against the British and form their own country.)

WRITS OF ASSISSTANCE

•legal documents that allowed the search of homes and warehouses

DRAFTED

•to draw up in written form

•(such as the writing of the Declaration of Independence)

PATRIOTS

•colonists determined to fight against Britain for American independence

VIOLATE

•to break or disregard; to infringe (a law or agreement)

•(Colonial settlers argued that Parliament was infringing on their liberties.)

LEVY

•impose or collect by authority or force

•(The Declaratory Act stated that Parliament had the right to place taxes on the colonists “in all cases what so ever.”

PETITION

a formal request

PROHIBIT

•to prevent or hinder by authority or action of law

•(The Proclamation of 1763 prevented colonial settlement west of the Appalachians after the French and Indian War.)

PRINCIPLES

•accepted, fundamental or primary truths

•(such as those expressed in Declaration of Independence

MINUTEMEN

•militia companies ready to fight at a moment’s notice

POLICY

•course of action or procedure

•(The British action of taxation in the colonies led to the American Revolution_

REPEAL

•to cancel or officially withdraw

OCCUPY

•to take possession or control of

•(The British sent thousands of soldiers to control Boston.)

COMMITTEES OF CORRESPONDENCE•an organization that circulated writings about colonists’ grievances against Britain

CHALLENGE

•demand to explain or justify

•(The colonists argued that Parliament did not have the right to tax them because colonists were not represented.)

BOYCOTT

•to refuse to buy, use, or have dealings with

RESOLUTION

•a formal expression of opinion

REVENUE

incoming money

PREAMBLE

•introduction to a formal document such as the Declaration of Independence or the Constitution

MAINTAIN

•to affirm, assert or declare

•(The colonists asserted their rights as Englishmen)

Independence

•Freedom from the control of another

Unalienable (unalienable rights)•Can not be surrendered or taken away