Towards Revolution Vocabulary

to refuse to buy one or more goods from a certain source. An organized refusal by many people is also called a boycott

• boycott

• militia

• repealed

• tyranny

the unjust use of government power

• tyranny

• violation

• repealed

• militia

to take back, or to cancel, a law

• uncertain

• repealed

• militia

• tyranny

a small army made up of ordinary citizens who are trained to fight in an emergency

• repealed

• warfare

• boycott

• militia

to put in place by authority, such a law, tax, or punishment

• impose

• fundamental

• tyranny

• natural rights

breaking an established rule or law

• policies

• petition

• violation

• fundamental

Pamphlet that encouraged the Colonists to fight the British

• Common Sense by Thomas Paine

• The Constitution

• The Articles of Confederation

• The Declaration of Independence

the document written to declare the American colonies as an independent nation, free from British rule

• The Constitution

• The Declaration of Independence

• Common Sense by Thomas Paine

• The Bill of Rights

rights common to everyone, as opposed to those given by law

• policies

• Violation

• Selective Rights

• natural rights

a course of action taken by a government

• policies

• procedures

• petitions

• natural rights