Road To Revoultion Vocabulary Flashcards
A group of representatives who meet to discuss a subject.
Congress
Is a person or group that joins with another to work toward a goal.
Ally
Is a official public statement
Proclamation
Is a fight against a government.
Rebellion
Is money people pay their government in return for services.
Tax
Means to import goods illegally, to avoid paying taxes, or because the product is forbidden
Smuggling
Means freedom from being controlled by another government
Liberty
A group of people refuses to buy, sell, or use certain goods. People might boycott a product because of price, tax, or working conditions of the workers who make the product.
Boycott
Cancel a law. It means the law isn’t a law anymore
Repeal
An event were people complain about an issue
Protest
A killing of many people
Massacre
Is written communication
Correspondence
A person chosen to speak and act for others, like a representative
Delegate
People who were loyal to the king, and didn’t want to fight for another country
Loyalist
Ceremony when a new person becomes president
Inauguration
Is a defeat of a enemy
Victory
A plan of action
Strategy
Means to not take sides, not a patriot or a loyalist
Neutral
Means to give up
Surrender
Is someone who is not loyal. Betrays their country.
Traitor
The officer in charge of an army
General
To get people a room and food
To Quarter soldiers
Means to move back, away from a enemy
Retreat
Is a soldier who is paid to fight for a foreign country
Mercenary
Is a rise in the price of goods
Inflation
Is a statement that declares, or announces, an idea
Declaration
Is the crime of fighting against one’s own government
Treason
Are freedoms that are protected by a government’s laws
Rights
Means freedom from being ruled by somebody else
Independence
Is a request from a number of people
Petition
Were militia with special training. They had to be ready to fight on a minute’s notice
Minutemen
Is a group of ordinary people who train to fight in battles. Most of the men in the colonial are were farmers. They were not part of a regular army
Militia
Colonists who opposed British rule called themselves…
Patriots
