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Allies - people, groups, or nations that have joined together in an association for mutual benefit or to achieve some common purpose, whether or not explicit agreement has been worked out between them. |
Blockade -an effort to cut off food, supplies, war material or communications from a particular area by force, either in part or totally. |
Boycott - an act of voluntarily abstaining from using, buying, or dealing with a person, organization, or country as an expression of protest, usually for political reasons. |
Cavalry - soldiers or warriors who fought mounted on horseback. |
Committees of correspondence - shadow governments organized by the Patriot leaders of the Thirteen Colonies on the eve of the American Revolution. |
Loyalists - American colonists who remained loyal to the Kingdom of Great Britain (and the British monarchy) during the American Revolutionary War. |
Minutemen - members of teams of select men from the American colonial partisan militia during the American Revolutionary War. |
Neutral - not taking part or giving assistance in a dispute or war between others |
Nonimportation - attempts to force British recognition of political rights through application of economic pressure. |
Quartering - providing housing and provision for British troops in America. |
Ratify - to confirm by expressing consent, approval, or formal sanction. |
Repeal - the removal or reversal of a law. |
Self - evident - one that is known to be true by understanding its meaning without proof. |
Traitor - person who betrays another, a cause, or any trust. |
Unalienable - not to be separated, given away, or taken away |
Writs of assistance - a written order issued by a court instructing a law enforcement official, such as a sheriff, to perform a certain task. |