| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Natural Rights | rights that we have because we are human |
| Social compact | agreement between the people and the government |
| Intolerable Acts | closed Boston Harbor |
| Declaration of Independence | colonies declared they are free from England |
| Thomas Jefferson | wrote the Declaration |
| John Locke | philosopher who believed in natural rights |
| Loyalist | someone who supported the king and Parliament |
| Neutralist | someone who did not take a side between the patriots and loyalists |
| Paul Revere | created a painting of the Boston Massacre |
| State of Nature | where no rules, laws or government exists |
| Consent | agreement |
| unalienable | so basic it can't be taken away |
| Boston Tea Party | a protest over a tax |
| Boston Massacre | a riot where 5 people were killed |
| Patriot | person who fought for the freedom of the colonies |
| Life , Liberty, Pursuit of Happiness | the self evident truths |
| the consent of the governed | where government gets its power from |
| right and duty of the people | to alter or change a unfair government |
| Parliament | law making group in England |
| Taxation without Representation | being taxed by a government that you didn't elect |
| French and Indian War | led to the British raising taxes on the colonies |
| Proclamation of 1763 | forbide the colonists from moving west of the Applachian Mtns. |
| Quartering of troops | having soldiers live in your home |
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