American Revolution Vocabulary

Boycotts

• Constitutional freedoms that are guaranteed to all citizens

• To refuse to buy, use, or go to, in order to make a protest or bring about a change

• To buy, or buy an item because you like it

• To come together

Civil Liberties

• Force something to be accepted or put in place

• To be against

• To break as a law or promise. To treat in an improper or disrespectful way

• Constitutional freedoms guaranteed to all citizens

Convened

• To come together

• To be against

• Complaints

• Clear without needing explanation

Imposed

• Provided with a certain trait or quality

• Complaints

• Force something to be accepted or put in place

• Rights that cannot be taken away

Opposed

• To be for

• Clear without needing explanation

• complaints

• To be against

Quarter Troops

• Allowed British soldiers to take over the homes of the American colonists without consent

• Rights that cannot be taken away such as life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

• Idea that the government gets rights to govern from the people

• To come together

Violate

• To come together

• To refuse to buy use or go to in order to make a protest

• To break as a law or a promise. To treat in an improper or disrespectful way

• To be against

Consent of the Governed

• Idea that the government gets rights to govern from the people

• Provided with a certain trait or quality

• Complaints

• Clear without needing explanation

Endowed With

• Complaints

• To bring together

• To buy or use something

• Provided with a certain trait, quality, etc.

Grievances

• Ne explanation needed

• To come together

• Complaints

• To be against