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- 3. Stamp Act: required the colonists to pay a tax, represented by a stamp, on various forms of papers, documents, and playing cards
- 4. the action or process of settling among and establishing control over the indigenous people of an area
- 7. Tax (Boston Tea Party): a political protest that occurred on December 16, 1773, at Griffin's Wharf in Boston, Massachusetts
- 9. withdraw from commercial or social relations with (a country, organization, or person) as a punishment or protest
- 10. a person who journeys to a sacred place for religious reasons
- 13. without Representation”: a populace that is required to pay taxes to a government authority without having any say in that government's policies.
- 14. Companies: a company whose stock is owned jointly by the shareholders.
- 16. Compact: an agreement to establish a government, entered into by the Pilgrims in the cabin of the Mayflower on November 11, 1620
- 18. Bill of Rights: an act signed into law in 1689 by William III and Mary II.
- 19. revoke or annul
- 23. Liberty:the liberty of those persons who are free from external restraint in the exercise of those rights which are considered to be outside the province of a government to control.
- 24. a ruined village in E Virginia, on Jamestown Island
- 25. the highest legislature, consisting of the sovereign, the House of Lords, and the House of Commons.
- 27. Sense: good sense and sound judgment in practical matters.
- 28. of Burgesses: the lower house of the colonial Virginia legislature.
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- 1. Columbus: Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer and navigator who completed four Spanish-based voyages across the Atlantic Ocean.
- 2. belief in the benefits of profitable trading; commercialism.
- 5. the action of traveling in or through an unfamiliar area in order to learn about it.
- 6. Resistance: the mechanism whereby the intestinal microbiota protects itself against incursion by new and often harmful microorganisms
- 8. a grant by the Spanish Crown to a colonist in America conferring the right to demand tribute and forced labor from the Indian inhabitants of an area.
- 11. Government: An electoral system where citizens vote to elect people to represent their interests and concerns.
- 12. a form of government with a monarch at the head
- 15. a conqueror, especially one of the Spanish conquerors of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century.
- 17. Carta: a document constituting a fundamental guarantee of rights and privileges.
- 20. a person sent or authorized to represent others, in particular an elected representative sent to a conference.
- 21. a person who moves with a group of others to live in a new country or area.
- 22. Government: In political philosophy, limited government is the concept of a government limited in power. It is a key concept in the history of liberalism.
- 26. Rights: Rights that people supposedly have under natural law.