Chapter 5 Vocabulary

This term means to take away, or get rid of. The British did this to many laws after the colonists protested.

• enact
• ignore
• repeal
• modify

This is a military strategy that is used by surrounding your enemy and not allowing them to come or go.

• Ambush
• Flanking
• Siege
• blockade

This person resented the rule of the British government. Typically poor colonists or people that were restricted by the British.

• Loyalist
• patriot

• British soldier
• Merchant

This is the name of hired soldiers from another country that come and fight for a paycheck.

• volunteers
• soldiers of fortune
• mercenaries
• contractors

This tax was a tax that actually lowered the price of tea, but created a monopoly for the British East India Comp. Colonial merchants lost $.

• Stamp Act of 1765
• Tea Act of 1773
• Sugar Act of 1764
• Townshend Acts of 1767

this is a form of protest, often used during the colonial period, that is accomplished by a refusal to buy items

• boycott
• public demonstration
• silent sit-in
• protest march

to surrender

• to abandon
• to negotiate
• to cede

• to resist

This man started the committee of correspondence to keep all the colonists informed.

• George Washington
• Benjamin Franklin

• John Adams
• Thomas Jefferson

One of the US’s founding fathers, led a British group into wilderness against the French, Revolutionary War commander

• Thomas Jefferson
• Benjamin Franklin
• George Washington
• John Adams

An agreement between nations or people in order to help each other against common enemies.

• Treaty
• Coalition
• Alliance
• Partnership