American Revolution Vocabulary Review

The freedom to govern yourself 

Laws and orders issued by the King and British Parliament 

An ancient symbol of peace 

To work against something 

Militia groups who could be ready to fight for their county at only a minutes notice 

A tax on imported goods 

Gives complete control of a good or service in an area to one person or group

Laws calling for a tax on imported goods 

British soldiers panicked and fired into a crowd of  colonists killing five 

A formal agreement among groups or individuals 

Britain's law-making assembly 

A public announcement 

Land the British and French fought over

A signed request made to an official person or organization 

A leader of all the military forces 

Complaints 

Refusing to buy something 

Important revolutionary battle that took place on Breed's Hill

The first part of the Declaration of Independence 

Permit something from entering or leaving 

Speaking or acting for someone 

A formal meeting of representatives 

A law that placed a tax on printed materials in the colonies

Law that allowed only one company to sell tea to the colonies 

Walls made of earth and stone 

An official statement 

A volunteer army 

A war Americans fought for independence 

Representatives 

Working against your own government 

A colonist who opposed British rule 

A formal group statement 

To take something back 

To cancel 

An order that forced colonists to give food and housing to the soldiers 

A group that led a protest against the new Stamp Act

A plan for spending money 

A sudden or complete change of government 

New laws dictated by Britain to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party 

When colonists dumped tea into the Boston Harbor to protest the Tea Act