refusal to buy certain goods to protest something.
Boycott
An official mark that signifies the payment of a duty or tax.
Stamp
The belief that people should have a voice in their government by electing officials to represent them.
Representation
Members of the colonial militia that promised to be ready to fight with a minutes' notice.
Minutemen
The law making branch of England's government.
Parliament
Freedom
Liberty
Laws passed by the legislative branch of a government.
Acts
To compel by force-to make someone do something against their will.
Coercive
A kind of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator, without restriction by laws or opposition.
Tyranny
Beliefs that people are born with rights (life, liberty, and property)
Natural Rights
An act of revenge - to get even
Revenge
Required to provide housing and food to a member of the military.
Quartering
Insufferable - impossible to accept
Intolerable
A government with a king or queen with power
Monarchy
a small army made up of ordinary citizens who are trained to fight in an emergency
Militia
Overturned by the lawmaking body of a government
Repealed
Government collection of money from its people to fund government programs.
Taxation
A slaughter of people.
Massacre
A country or land area that is ruled by another country in different land
Colony
A violent overthrow of a government.
Revolution