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| Parliament | The group of elected officials who draw up laws in Britain, similar to the U.S. Congress. |
| self-government | When people contribute to the process of making the laws which govern them. |
| democracy | A government in which the people take part. |
| legislatures | Groups of elected officials who make the laws for the people who elect them. |
| allies | Friends during a time of war. |
| taxes | Money paid to a government to run the country or state. |
| authority | The right to control. |
| dispute | A disagreement. |
| tariff | A tax on imported goods. |
| Loyalists | Those settlers who supported the British government when others fought for independence. |
| representation | Someone acting or speaking for someone else. |
| treason | Working against the government. |
| petitions | Signed requests asking for action. |
| liberty | Freedom to make laws the laws which govern one. |
| boycott | A refusal to buy certain goods in order to protest something about them. |
| congress | A eeting of representatives who have the authority to make decisions. |
| repeal | To make a law no longer valid or legal. |
| massacre | Killing of groups of people who cannot defend themselves. |
| blockade | To use warships to prevent other ships from entering or leaving a harbor. |
| quarter | To provide living arrangements for soldiers. |
| Minutemen | The militia who claimed they could be ready within a minute to defend Massachusetts. |
| Patriots | The colonists who wanted independence from British rule. |
| Intolerable | Something which one just can't stand. |
| musket | An old fashioned firearm that looks like a rifle. |
| palisade | A fence of wooden stakes. |
| tricorn | A three-cornered hat. |
| rampart | A protective barrier |
| frigate | A type of war-ship. |
| causeway | A narrow strip of land. |
| homespun | Cloth made at home. |
| Redcoats | The British troops during the American Revolution. |
| drill | To practice. |
| monarch | A king or queen. |
| House of Burgesses | The legislature of the colony of Virginia. |
| Patrick Henry | An outspoken patriot from Virginia. He said "Give me Liberty or give me Death!" |
| The Sugar Act | A law passed in 1764 which required that the colonists pay tariffs on many imported goods. |
| The Stamp Act | A law passed in 1765 requiring the colonists to buy stamps to put on many paper goods, which showed that they had paid a special tax. |
| George III | King of England at the time of the American Revolution. |
| Sons of Liberty | A group of patriots in Massachusetts. |
| Boston Massacre | A protest that turned violent on March 5, 1770, ending in the death of five persons, including Crispus Attucks, a runaway slave. |
| Samuel Adams | A Boston patriot who established the Committees of Correspondence so the colonies could communicate with each other when their congresses were not meeting. |
| Boston Tea Party | Sons of Liberty, disguised as Indians, dumped tea into the harbour to protest the tariffs on it. |
| Paul Revere | A Boston Patriot who rode his horse to spread the word that the British were coming to Concord to capture weapons the patriots were storing. |
| Thomas Gage | The British governor of Massachusetts, he was also the leader of the British military forces. |
