| vocabulary word | definition |
| colonists | persons who live in a colony |
| congress | meeting of representatives who have the authority to make decisions |
| currency | money that is used in a country |
| duty | government tax on imports or exports |
| liberty | freedom |
| Loyalist | colonists who supported the British monarch and laws |
| massacre | killing of people who cannot defend themselves |
| militia | volunteer army |
| Minuteman | member of Massachusetts colony militia who could quickly be ready to fight the British |
| Parliament | part of the British government in which members make laws for the British people |
| petition | request for action signed by many people |
| pocket books | a pocket sized case for holding paper money |
| proclamation | official announcement |
| quarter | provide or pay for housing |
| rebel | person who fights against, or will not obey, the law |
| repeal | do away with a law |
| representation | speaking on behalf of someone |
| tariff | tax on goods brought into a country |
| tax | money that is paid by people to run the country |
| tyranny | cruel use of authority |
| self-government | people make their own laws |
| ally, allies | a friend, especially in time of war |
| boycott | refusal to buy goods or services |
