SS.7.C.1.3

duty: a tax

export: goods sent to another country

goods: merchandise or objects for sale or trade

import: goods brought into the country

individual rights: rights guaranteed or belonging to a person

legislature: governing body responsible for making laws

levy: to collect by legal authority

oppression: the use of authority or power in a cruel or unjust manner

Parliament: the English legislature

representation: a person or group acting on behalf of another person or group

tax: money charged by a government for specific facilities or services

taxation without representation: the idea that it is unfair to tax someone without giving them a voice in government

SS.7.C.1.4

abolish: to end

assent: to agree

consent of the governed: an agreement made by the people to establish a government and abide by its laws

deprive: to take something away

derive: to take

despotism: a system of government where the ruler has unlimited power

dissolve: to bring to an end

endow: to be given something naturally

grievance: a complaint

impel: to urge

impose: to establish by using authority or power

institute: to establish

natural rights: the belief that individuals are born with basic rights that cannot be taken away by governments

quarter: to house

rectitude: the quality or state of being correct

self-evident: obvious, having no need of proof

tyranny: a government that abuses its power

tyrant: a single ruler that possesses and abuses absolute government power

unalienable (inalienable) rights: basic rights of the people that may not be taken away

usurpation: the act of exercising power by force