1. Essential Question: What events caused the colonies to declare independence and what influenced their new government?

2.  A government in which citizens hold the power to rule.

3.  A form of democracy in which the people vote firsthand

4.  A representative democracy where citizens choose their lawmakers and are not lead by a monarch

5.  The principle that a ruler or a government is not all- powerful

6.  A group of people who make laws

7.  An agreement among people in a society with their government.

8.  A freedom people possess in relation to life, liberty, and property.

9.  The quality or state of being free

10.  An official, formal public announcement

11.  To refuse to purchase certain goods or services

12.  To cancel a law

13.  The act of importing or exporting secretly, in violation of law and especially without paying duty on goods

14.  A representative to a meeting

15.  A tax on an imported good.