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SS Vocab
Term | Definition |
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Boycott | Refusal to use an item |
Committee of Correspondence | A letter writing campaign to spread information throughout the colonies |
Effigy | A representation of a person hung to scare and intimidation |
Grievance | compliant |
Militia | Citizen Soldiers |
Minutemen | Militia said to be always ready |
Parliament | Government in England |
Patriot | Americans who were fighting for freedom |
Petition | A formal request |
Quarter | To house or feed soldiers |
Repeal | To remove |
Representation | A say in your government. What the colonists wanted |
"Shot heard 'round the world" | Battle of Lexington and Concord. First battle of the American Revolution. |
Smuggle | To illegally bring in an item |
Sons of Liberty | A Patriot group |
Stamp | Used to indicate that a tax was paid on paper goods |
Tar and feather | A physical act of putting tar and feathers on an enemy |
Tory/Loyalist | American who stayed loyal to the King |
Tyranny | Abusive government |
Writ of assistance | A document allowing for a search |