8TH Grade Unit 0

Duty

• a tax placed on imports or exports; a tariff
• a firm alliance or friendship in which members keep most of their independence and a central authority has limited powers
• to withdraw or officially cancel.
• the wealth of a nation depends on its trade. The colonies’ ability to increase their trade was severely limited because they were required to sell all-natural resources to Great Britain. Great Britain created the finished goods, and the colonies were required to buy the finished products.

Continentals

• a member of the colonial army in the American Revolution
• a form of government in which people elect representatives to govern them
• to sign or formally approve (a treaty, contract, or agreement), making it officially valid
• a tax placed on imports or exports; a tariff

Minutemen

• a member of a class of American militiamen who volunteered to be ready for service at a minute's notice
• a formal complaint
• to refuse to buy, use, or participate in (something) as a way of protesting: to stop using the goods; to stop buying or using the goods or services of a certain company or country as a protest
• a member of the colonial army in the American Revolution

Blockade

• an act or means of sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving.
• a formal, written request for change
• the wealth of a nation depends on its trade. The colonies’ ability to increase their trade was severely limited because they were required to sell all-natural resources to Great Britain. Great Britain created the finished goods, and the colonies were required to buy the finished products.
• a member of a class of American militiamen who volunteered to be ready for service at a minute's notice

Committees of Correspondence

• Patriot leaders appointed by the legislatures in the 13 colonies who provided colonial leadership and communication related to decisions made by the Parliament.

• a legislative or law-making organization having two branches or houses

• to refuse to buy, use, or participate in (something) as a way of protesting: to stop using the goods; to stop buying or using the goods or services of a certain company or country as a protest

• an act or means of sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving.

Boycott

• to refuse to buy, use, or participate in (something) as a way of protesting: to stop using the goods; to stop buying or using the goods or services of a certain company or country as a protest
• a list of rules by which a government operates
• consisting of a single chamber, as a legislative assembly
• Patriot leaders appointed by the legislatures in the 13 colonies who provided colonial leadership and communication related to decisions made by the Parliament.

Monopoly

• complete control of a product or service in a particular market by one person or company
• a member of a class of American militiamen who volunteered to be ready for service at a minute's notice
• to refuse to buy, use, or participate in (something) as a way of protesting: to stop using the goods; to stop buying or using the goods or services of a certain company or country as a protest
• a formal, written request for change

Petition

• a formal, written request for change
• a person (colonist) who vigorously supported independence and was willing to fight for it.
• an act or means of sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving.
• to refuse to buy, use, or participate in (something) as a way of protesting: to stop using the goods; to stop buying or using the goods or services of a certain company or country as a protest

Loyalists

• a colonist of the American revolutionary period who supported the British cause and remained loyal to the king.
• a member of the colonial army in the American Revolution
• an act of violent or open resistance to an established government or ruler
• complete control of a product or service in a particular market by one person or company

Patriots

• a person (colonist) who vigorously supported independence and was willing to fight for it.

• a military force that is raised from the civilian population to fight in emergencies

• a written order (a writ) issued by a court instructing a law enforcement official, such as a sheriff or a tax collector, to search homes or warehouses for goods that might be smuggled.

• to refuse to buy, use, or participate in (something) as a way of protesting: to stop using the goods; to stop buying or using the goods or services of a certain company or country as a protest