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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
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