click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
American Revolution
Term | Definition |
---|---|
boycott | a refusal to buy goods or services |
democracy | a government in which people take part |
legislature | the lawmaking branch of a colony, a state government, or the national government |
Loyalist | a colonist who supported the British monarch and laws |
Minutemen | a member or the Massachusetts colony militia who could quickly be ready to fight the British |
Parliament | the part of the British government in which members make laws for the British people |
Patriot | a colonist who was against British rule |
quarter | to provide or pay for housing |
repeal | to undo or pay for housing |
tariff | a tax on goods brought into a country |
tax | money that is paid by people to run the country |
treason | working against one's own government |