US HISTORY: MRS. O'CONNELL
16 These words are the VOCAB words for O'CONNELL US HISTORY COURSE terms
- alliance
- a formal agreement or treaty between two or more nations to cooperate for specific purposes.
- boycott
- to refuse to buy goods or refuse to cooperate with a political policy or event
- colony
- a country or area under full or partial control of another country
- consent of the governed
- the authority of a government should depend on the consent of the people, as expressed by votes in elections.
- delegate
- a person sent or authorized to represent others, in particular an elected representative sent to a conference
- dissolve
- to undo (a tie or bond); break up (a connection, union, etc.)
- grievances
- a wrong considered as grounds for complaint
ex. Inequitable taxation is the chief grievance.
a complaint or resentment
- guerrilla warefare
- the use of hit-and-run tactics by small, mobile groups
- militia
- a private group of armed individuals that operates as a force and is typically motivated by a political or religious ideology
- monopoly
- the exclusive possession or control of the supply of trade or service
- no taxation without representation
- the resentment of American colonists at being taxed by a British Parliament to which they elected no representatives and became an anti-British slogan before the American Revolution;
- propaganda
- information, ideas, or rumors deliberately spread widely to help a person, group, or movement
- protest
- to object,disapprove, or dissent often in opposition of something
- repeal
- to revoke or take back a law or congressional act
- tyranny
- a nation under cruel and oppressive government or rule
- unalienable rights
- rights not transferable to another or not capable of being taken away or denied