American Revolution Vocabulary

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Boycott

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Refusal to buy something as a form of protest

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Taxation

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Process of collecting money from citizens in order to fund government expenses

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Guerilla Warfare

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A series of hit and run fighting techniques used in order to ambush the enemy

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Patriots

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An American colonist who favored Independence

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Loyalists

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An American colonist who remained loyal to Great Britain and opposed the war for Independence

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Civil Disobedience

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The use of nonviolent protest to challenge a government or its laws

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Grievance

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A complaint

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Unalienable Rights

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Rights that cannot be surrendered or taken away without due process of law

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Liberty

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Freedom

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Quartering

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To be stationed or housed in a specific place