Road to Revolution Vocab

To refuse to do business or have contact with a person, group, or company.

• boycott

• petition

• repeal

• blockade

To get rid of or to cancel a law.

• repeal

• boycott

• ally

• cede

cruel and unreasonable use of power or control

• tyranny

• duty

• monopoly

• militia

A person, group, or country that joins with another to work toward a goal.

• ally

• foe

• petition

• duty

A group of volunteers who fight in times of emergency.

• militia

• boycott

• duty

• cede

signed document addressed to authorities that requests change

• petition

• duty

• ally

• writ of assistance

document that granted the British the right to inspect ships' cargoes

• writ of assistance

• habeas corpus

• tyranny

• duty

Total control of a market or product

• monopoly

• ally

• cede

• grievance

An official statement of a complaint over something believed to be wrong or unfair

• grievance

• ally

• petition

• writ of assistance

Another word for tax on imported goods

• duty

• ally

• boycott

• militia