| A | B |
|---|
| Boycott | refuse to buy goods or services |
| cede/secede | to formally give up |
| Committees of Correspondence | patriots who formed together to spread news of British policies throughout the 13 colonies to help their cause. |
| Continental Congress | governing body which served as the American colonial government that coordinated resistance to British rule during the first two years of the American Revolution. |
| Delegates | representatives |
| Duty | a payment imposed (tax levied) on imported or exported goods |
| Export | send goods to another country to sell. |
| Goods | things you buy |
| Grievance | complaint of wrongdoing |
| Import | bring goods into a country from abroad for sale. |
| Independence | freedom from control, influence or support |
| Legislature | law making body (of a country/state) |
| Levy | to impose (force), usually a tax |
| Mercantilism | a system of profitable trading. |
| Parliament | The legislature (law-making body) in Britain |
| Policies | government rules |
| Quarter | To take up or be assigned lodgings (housing). |
| Repeal | put an end to or cancel something, usually a law |
| Salutary neglect | unofficial British policy where rules and laws were loosely or not enforced on the American colonies and trade. |
| Taxation | Required payments of money by citizens to governments (used to provide goods and services for the benefit of the community as a whole). |
