Toward Independence

tyranny

• to control all production and sales of a product

• unjust government

• to tax members of a colony

• the unfair sale of a good or service at a lower price

Parliament

• the lawmaking body of Europe, consisting of representatives of each country

• the lawmaking body of the Native Americans, consisting of representatives from all tribes

• the lawmaking body of the colonies, consisting of representatives from each colony

• the lawmaking body of England, consisting of representatives from throughout the kingdom

boycott

• to refuse to buy one or more goods from a certain source

• unjust government

• to sell a good or service at a lower price than your competition

• to band together with other consumers and buy more goods from a certain source

a company that controls all production and sales of a particular product or service

• boycott

• monopoly

• tyranny

• corporation

militia

• a small army made up of Native Americans from one tribe

• name given to British troops sent to serve in the colonies

• a small army made up of ordinary citizens who are trained to fight in an emergency

• name given to the colonists who fought in the French and Indian War

Americans who believed colonists had a right to govern themselves

• Loyalists

• Patriots

• Tories

• lobsterbacks

Colonists who felt a deep loyalty to Britain

• Loyalists

• Patriots

• Lobsterbacks

• Sons of Liberty

Extreme group of citizens who sought to persuade the colonies to separate from Britain-- often using propaganda and violence

• Loyalists

• Tories

• Sons of Liberty

• Lobsterbacks

coercive

• the act of writing words so all the letters connect

• relating to responding violently to an injustice

• the act of persuasion

• relating to or using force or threats