Chapter 10 Flashcards
1
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Debts
A
Money that is owed to someone else. People have debts when they have borrowed money and promised they’d pay it back.
2
Q
Acts
A
Laws created or passed by the government.
3
Q
Taxation without representation
A
Making people pay taxes when they had no say in making the law.
4
Q
Protest
A
To complain publicly about something that’s unfair.
5
Q
Parliament
A
The lawmaking of the British government, similar to the congress of the USA.
6
Q
Repeal
A
To take back, or to cancel, a law
7
Q
Metaphor
A
a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
