Unit 2 - Chapter 6

9 cards·by Ingersoll's Insights

Debate

to formally discuss an issue

Impose

to put in place by authority, such a law, tax, or punishment

Independence

freedom from control by another government or country

Policy

a course of action taken by a government

Petition

a formal, written request made to an official person or organization

Common Sense

a pamphlet published in 1776 by Thomas Paine that persuaded many American colonists to support independence

Declaration of Independence

the document written to declare the American colonies as an independence nation, free from British rule

Natural Rights

rights common to everyone, as opposed to those given by law

Fundamental

basic