American Revolution Vocab

 A tax on foreign goods brought into a country

To discuss, usually in public

 Refusal to buy or use certain products

an area settled and ruled by the government of a distant land

A formal written request to someone in authority that is signed by a group of people

a system of government where the people elect leaders to make laws

the idea that the government receives its power from the people

A fighter who uses hit and run attacks

a forceful overthrow of a government by the people

The killing of a large number of people

Militia

a system of basic rules and principles by which a government is organized

Prohibit

A colonist who remained loyal to the British

A government's power having defined limits, often put in place by a constitution

A Colonist who favored war against Britain