Road to Independence Vocabulary

Assent means...

• to disagree or no approve of something

• to agree to or approve of something

• to get rid of

• life, liberty, and property

Grievances means...

• to complain

• to agree or approve of something

• a person sent with power to act for another or others.

• no one is above the law

Taxation without Representation means...

• to complain

• to get rid of

• to agree or approve

• when citizens are required to pay taxes to a government authority without having any say in that government's policies.

Popular Sovereignty means .....

• to get rid of

• government is created by the will of the people.

• No one is above the law

• life, liberty, and property

Abolish means.....

• no one is above the law

• to complain

• to do away with

• clearly true and requiring no proof; obvious

Delegates means....

• clearly true and requiring no proof; obvious

• a person sent with power to act for another or others.

• to agree or approve

• to disagree

Self-evident means ....

• a person sent with power to act for another or others.

• no one is above the law

• to agree or approve

• clearly true and requiring no proof; obvious

Oppression means....

• to do away with.

• a person sent with power to act for another or others.

• cruel or unjust use of power or authority.

Boston Tea Party was.....

• protest by the American Colonists against the British government by throwing the ships' cargo of tea overboard into the ocean.

• a tax on a variety of papers and documents, including newspapers, that were produced in the American colonies.

• government in which all power is in the hands of a single ruler.

• people from one country who build a settlement in another territory, or land.

Unalienable means....

• to get rid of

• cannot be taken away

• to approve or agree

• no one is above the law