S.S. Vocab Ch 6

An army made up of ordinary citizens who can be called together in emergencies:

• ally

• boycott

• militia

• liberty

The condition of being free:

• liberty

• tax

• petition

• Parliament

Formal written request to those in authority:

• ally

• Fort Necessity

• siege

• petition

Britain's lawmaking body:

• Fort Necessity

• Parliment

• tax

• Boston Tea Party

The surrounding of an enemy by an army:

• liberty

• tax

• militia

• siege

A person, group, or nation united with another for a special purpose:

• ally

• petition

• siege

• Russia

Money the government collects from its people:

• ally

• boycott

• militia

• tax

Built in 1754, south of Fort Duquesne, in southwestern Pennsylvania, by Colonel George Washington and his militia. This capture was the first battle of the French and Indian War.

• Fort Bragg

• Fort Sumpter

• Fort Duquesne

• Fort Necessity

Formal written request to those in authority:

• boycott

• petition

• siege

• request

When colonists boarded a British ship in Boston Harbor and threw its cargo of tea into the sea, protesting the tea tax:

• Resistor

• Boston Tea Party

• Long House

• Declaration of Independence