Seeds of Liberty Word Scramble
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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 |
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