Power Words Level 1
The refusal to buy or use certain goods
Boycott
A member of a class of American militiamen during the Revolution who volunteered to be ready for service at a minute’s notice.
Minutemen
A formal written request, typically one signed by many people, appealing to authority with respect to a particular cause.
Petition
What is smuggling?
To illegally move goods in or out of a country.
Money that is paid to the government in return for services.
Taxes
Women who displayed their patriotism by participating in boycotts of British goods following the passage of the Townshend Act.
Daughters of Liberty
What is a massacre?
The violent killing of many people.
The state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions imposed by authority one one’s way of life, behavior, or political views. (AKA: Freedom)
Liberty
Freedoms that are protected by the government’s laws.
Rights
Cruel and oppressive government or rule.
Tyranny
A military force that is raised from civil population to supplement a regular army in an emergency.
Militia
The provision of accommodations or lodgings, especially for troops.
Quartering
A colonist of the American revolutionary period who supported the British cause.
Loyalists
Secret organization formed in the American colonies in protest against the Stamp Act (1765)
Sons of Liberty
A group of representatives who meet to discuss
Congress
In England, the group of individuals who makes laws-similar to the congress of the United States.
Parliament
A person who vigorously supports their country and is prepared to defend it against enemies or detractors. (The colonists who wanted to separate from England.)
Patriots
A person sent or authorized to represent others, in particular an elected representative sent to a conference.
Delegate
Being free from others, not controlled by opinion, conduct, etc.
Independence
A public or official announcement especially one dealing with a matter of great importance.
Proclamation