Road to the Revolution Vocabulary

Question 1

in 1773 colonists dumped tea from British ships into Boston Harbor to protest the Tea Act

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Boston Tea Party

Question 2

acting or speaking on behalf of someone or something

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representation

Question 3

a British tax that colonists were forced to pay on all imported goods

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Townshend Acts

Question 4

to gather together

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assemble

Question 5

first direct British tax on American colonists started in November 1765

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Stamp Act

Question 6

a colonist against British rule

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patriot

Question 7

working against one's own government

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treason

Question 8

the part of the British government in which members make laws for the British people

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Parliament

Question 9

money that is paid by the people to run the country

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tax

Question 10

freedom

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liberty

Question 11

brought in secretly or illegally

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smuggled

Question 12

a friend, especially in time of war

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ally

Question 13

the overthrow of a government by those who are governed

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revolution

Question 14

the killing of people who cannot defend themselves

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massacre

Question 15

an order issued by a government

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proclamation

Question 16

Someone who remains loyal to their native land

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loyalist

Question 17

an agreement between two or more countries

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treaty

Question 18

the refusal to buy goods or services

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boycott

Question 19

a signed request

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petition

Question 20

a series of British laws set up by Parliament to punish Massachusetts for its protests

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Intolerable Acts

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