| A | B |
|---|
| petition | formal request often signed by many people |
| boycott | refuse to buy certain goods |
| repeal | to cancel or undo |
| writ of assistance | legal document allowing customs officers to inspect ships |
| nonimportation agreement | agreement to stop importing goods taxed by the Townshend Acts |
| committee of correspondence | group of letter writing colonists |
| militia | army of citizens for emergencies |
| minuteman | colonial volunteer who trained to fight the British |
| Joseph Brant | Mohawk chief who was an ally of the English |
| William Pitt | new head of the English government in 1757 |
| Treaty of Paris | document that officially ended the French-Indian War |
