American Revolution - Vocabulary

Money people pay to the government...

To join with others to refuse to do business with another...

A person given the authority to represent others.

A formal decision or law...

A colonist who remained true to the mother country of Great Britain...

The laws and people that run a country, state, city, or town...

A man who walked through the town swinging a bell announcing the news and time...

A fight against a government...

The most common weapon in colonial times - it was about 7 feet long...

A volunteer group of soldiers...

A grassy piece of land in the middle of village or town...

An object that colonists flew freedom flags from...

A swordlike weapon attached to the end of a musket...

To give up and admit defeat...

To withdraw from battle; draw back...

A colonist who was against British rule...