8th grade US History Lesson 5 - Toward Independence

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1. to refuse to buy one or more goods from a certain source.

• charter
• boycott
• repeal

2. the unjust use of government power

• tyranny
• democracy
• monarchy

3. a ruler who uses his power unjustly is called a

• president
• tyrant
• senator

4. a small army made up of ordinary citizens who were trained to fight in an emergency.

• rebel
• boycott
• militia

5. to take back or cancel a law

• rebel
• repeal
• remind

6. He became a hero during the French and Indian War

• Benjamin Franklin
• General Braddock
• George Washington

7. French and Indian War

• a war between France and the Native Americans
• a war between France and Great Britain
• a war between England and the colonies

8. gave up (a claim of land)

• ceded
• success
• seceded

9. unexplored wilderness at the edge of a country

• frontier
• proclamation
• dilemma