American Revolution Vocab

2. The practice of carrying on formal relationships with governments of
4. An organization created in 1765 in every colony to express
7. Easy for anyone to see; obvious.
11. The political leaders of the thirteen original colonies. They were key
13. Britain during the American Revolution. Also called Tories.
15. throughout the colonies to resign.
16. Colonists who opposed American independence and remained loyal to
21. Those Americans who supported the war for independence against Great
22. A higher, unchanging set of rules that governs human relations
24. of the people living in a situation without man-made government, rules, or
26. by the Founders to have come from “Nature and Nature’s God”
27. manage disputes about laws
28. obey the law and are subject to the same laws.
29. To agree and accept something, approve of something, or allow something to take place
30. The people and institutions with authority to make and enforce laws
31. A doctrine that human beings have basic rights, such as those to
32. The good of the community as a whole.
33. such as a king or queen.

1. A government in which a single ruler possesses and abuses absolute
3. liberty, and property in a state of nature and that people create governments to
5. Betrayal of one’s country, especially by giving aid to an enemy in
6. in the establishment of the United States of America.
8. To formally put an end to.
9. A form of government in which political power is held by a single
10. or by plotting to overthrow the government.
12. those rights.
14. The principle that both those who govern and those who are governed
17. to the Stamp Act. A popular goal of the organization was to force stamp
18. An official agreement between two or more countries.
19. The basis of natural rights philosophy; a state of nature is the
20. Someone who owes allegiance to a government or ruler.
23. Self-rule; not ruled by another country
25. countries.