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Unit 4
Unrest and Rebellion: FIghting for Independence
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| militia | a volunteer army of private citizens who are not part of a regular army |
| proclamation | a formal public announcement |
| Parliament | British lawmaking body |
| taxation | the process of collecting money from colonists in order to pay for government expenses (protection of the colonists by the British army) |
| protest | to speak out against someone or something |
| representative | a person who is elected to act on behalf of others |
| repeal | to cancel |
| Patriot | an American colonist who supported independence from Great Britain |
| Loyalist | an American colonist who did not support independence from Great Britain |
| Neutralist | one who did not take sides during the American Revolution |
| independence | freedom |
| ally | a friend in time of war |
| treason | the crime of betraying one's government |
| delegate | a person chosen (not by volunteering) to act for another |
| intolerable | unacceptable |
| New England Colonies | New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island |
| Middle Colonies | New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware |
| Southern Colonies | Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia |
| grievance | a complaint |