| A | B |
|---|
| act | law |
| ally | nation that works with another nation for a common purpose |
| bias | leaning towards or against a certain person, group, or idea |
| boycott | refusal to buy certain goods or service; to protest |
| cede | to give control of (something) to another person, group, government |
| civil disobedience | the refusal to obey certain laws or demands of the government for the purpose of influencing governmental policy |
| correspondence | communication by the exchange of letters or other written material |
| debt | an amount of money that you owe to a person, bank, company, etc |
| grievance | a formal statement of complaint, generally against an authority figure |
| loyalists | colonists who remained loyal to Britain |
| massacre | the act of killing large numbers of living beings |
| propaganda | a message aimed at influencing the opinions or behavior of people; information that is spread for the purpose of promoting some cause |
| mercantilism | protecting and increasing a country’s home economy by keeping strict control over its colonial trade |
| natural rights | rights that belong to people from birth |
| patriots | colonists who favored war against the British |
| petition | formal written request to someone in authority, signed by a group of people |
| prosperity | the state of being successful usually by making a lot of money posterity - people in the future |
| protest | an event at which people gather together to show strong disapproval about something |
| rebel | to oppose or fight against a government |
| recruit | to find suitable people and get them to join a company, an organization, the armed forces, etc |
| repeal | cancel |
| seige | military blockade or bombardment of an enemy town or position in order to force a |
| traitor | person who betrays his/her country |
| treaty | an official agreement that is made between two or more countries or groups |
| tyrant | a ruler who has complete power over a country and who is cruel and unfair |
| unalienable rights | human rights that by their nature cannot be taken away, violated, or transferred from one person to another |
