Unit 1: Vocab

Nonviolent opposition to authority

• Religious Freedom

• overt resistance

• Religious tolerance

• Passive resistance

Definition: relating to government

• Political

• Economic

• Geography

• Town meetings

The right of all individuals to follow their own religious beliefs

• Religious Freedom

• Economic development

• overt resistance

• Religious tolerance

Imagine you're a settler in colonial New England, just like Jackson, Benjamin, and Arjun. What kind of meeting would you attend to discuss and vote on important issues?

• overt resistance

• Debtor colony

• Town meetings

• Religious Freedom

Match the following descriptions with the correct terms.

• Non-violent opposition to authority.

• overt resistance

• Local gatherings for decision-making and discussion.

• Religious Freedom

• An outright breaking of the rules or societal expectations.

• Passive resistance

• The right to practice any religion or none at all.

• Town meetings

A New World colony (Georgia) where debtors could work off their debts and regain freedom rather than be sent to prison.

• overt resistance

• Debtor colony

• Buffer colony

• Town meetings

(a)   was a popular economic philosophy in the 17th and 18th centuries. In this system, the British colonies were moneymakers for the mother country. The British put restrictions on how their colonies spent their money so that they could control their economies.

• Debtor colony
• Buffer colony
• Town meetings
• Mercantilism

Definition: the state of being diverse; variety.

• Economic

• Charter

• Diversity

• Geography

Definition: Willingness to let others practice their own beliefs is called (a)  

• Religious Freedom
• Economic development
• overt resistance
• Religious tolerance

Hey students! Can you guess this? It's the study of the earth's physical and cultural features. What is it?

• Economic

• Political

• Religious Freedom

• Geography