| A | B |
|---|
| writs of assistance | unlimited search warrants |
| independence | freedom, ability to rule oneself |
| taxes | money paid to the government to keep it running |
| massacre | violent killing of unarmed people |
| quarter | give food and housing to soldiers |
| Loyalist | colonist who decided to stay loyal to the King |
| Patriot | colonist who wanted independence |
| effigy | crude dummy representing a hated person |
| customs | taxes charged on items brought into a country |
| repeal | cancel something or take it back |
| boycott | refuse to buy or use an item |
| minutemen | men ready to fight at a minute's notice |
| rebellion | organized uprising against something unfair |
| lobsterbacks | nickname for British soldiers |
| levy | to impose or collect (taxes) |
| smuggle | bring something into a country secretly without paying taxes |
| delegate | representative to a convention |
| treason | betrayal of one's own country |
