Vocabulary set for the American Revolution
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| persons who live in a colony | ||
| meeting of representatives who have the authority to make decisions | ||
| money that is used in a country | ||
| government tax on imports or exports | ||
| freedom | ||
| colonists who supported the British monarch and laws | ||
| killing of people who cannot defend themselves | ||
| volunteer army | ||
| member of Massachusetts colony militia who could quickly be ready to fight the British | ||
| part of the British government in which members make laws for the British people | ||
| request for action signed by many people | ||
| a pocket sized case for holding paper money | ||
| official announcement | ||
| provide or pay for housing | ||
| person who fights against, or will not obey, the law | ||
| do away with a law | ||
| speaking on behalf of someone | ||
| tax on goods brought into a country | ||
| money that is paid by people to run the country | ||
| cruel use of authority | ||
| people make their own laws | ||
| a friend, especially in time of war | ||
| refusal to buy goods or services | ||
| The war between Great Britain and its thirteen American colonies from 1775 to 1783 that led to the founding of the United States of America. | ||
| A lawmaking body | ||
| Costly British "victory" in 1775 over Colonial forces at a site near Charleston, Massachusetts | ||
| A 1773 protest against British taxes in which Boston colonists disguised as Mohawks dumped valuable tea into Boston Harbor. | ||
| Groups organized in the 1770s to keep colonists informed of important events. | ||
| A member of an elected assembly. | ||
| The assembly of colonial delegates from every colony except Georgia that met in 1774 in Philadelphia to oppose the Intolerable Acts. | ||
| The laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 that closed Boston Harbor, dissolved the Massachusetts assembly, and forced Boston colonists to house British soldiers. | ||
| Groups of colonists who organized themselves to protest against the British government. | ||
| A law passed by the British Parliament in 1765 requiring colonists to pay a tax on newspapers, pamphlets, legal documents, and even playing cards. | ||
| Gathering of a town's citizens to discuss and solve local problems. |
