American Revolution vocabulary

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A company that controls all or nearly all business in a particular industry.

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monopoly

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Part of a government that makes laws

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legislature

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Right of newspaper and other public media to publish articles believed to be accurate

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Freedom of the press

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Organized campaign to refuse to buy or use certain goods and services

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boycott

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American colonial militia volunteer who was prepared to fight at a minute's notice

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minuteman

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Organized body of armed volunteers

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militia

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To cancel

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repeal

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Rebel army of colonial American soldiers that fought against the British during the American Revolution

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Continental Army

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The first English document to limit the rights of kings and nobles, signed in 1215 AD

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Magna Carta

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A British soldier during the American Revolution

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Redcoat