Vocab Lesson 3

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Tax

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Money that a government collects from its people

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Patriot

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A colonist who wanted independence from Great Britain

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Repeal

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To do away with; to withdraw

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Boycott

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to express disapproval of something by not buying it or using it

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Delegate

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a person sent to represent for another 

  (can be called a representative) 

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Loyalist

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A colonist who was loyal to the king and Britain during the American Revolution

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Colony

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an area where people live that is ruled by another country

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Persuade

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to convince someone to see it your way

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Treason

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being disloyal to your own country by going to war against it

or giving information to enemies.