Vocabulary American Independence

refusal to buy something as a form of protest

• petition

• protest

• boycott

• grievance

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

• stealing

• taking

• taxation

• tithing

changing from one governmental structure to another

• political revolution

• Political unrest

• Military dictatorship

• Political folly

American colonists who supported independence from Great Britain

• Chargers

• Titans

• Patriots

• Texans

American colonists who did not support independence from Great Britain

• Loyalists

• Complainers

• Britain Lovers

• Blokes

refusal to obey laws as a form of protest

• civil disobedience

• canine disobedience

• boycott

• petition

a complaint

• boycott

• petition

• Patriot

• grievance

unalienable rights

• things we have that are not capable of being taken away-life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

• things that are easily taken away from us-our car, phone, and the right to go to Homecoming

mercantilism

• An economic policy under which nations sought to increase their wealth and power by obtaining large amounts of gold and silver and by selling more goods than they bought

• An economic policy under which nations sought to decrease their wealth and power by losing large amounts of gold and silver and by buying more goods than they sold

the quality or state of being free:

• liberty

• political revolution

• imprisonment

• ISS