Social Studies vocab

open defiance of authority

• disobedience
• insubordination
• compliance
• rebellion

American colonist who favored American independence

• Royalist

• Patriot

• Loyalist

• Tories

a formal request for government action

• Protest
• Complaint
• Demand
• Petition

an American colonist who remained loyal to Britian

• Loyalist
• Traitor
• Rebel
• Patriot

a civilian during a Revolutionary era who was ready to fight with only one minute's notice

• Minuteman
• Dayman
• Hourman
• Secondman

ideas or information intentionally spread to harm or help a cause

• Entertainment
• Misinformation
• Propaganda
• Education

to cancel an act or law

• approve
• repeal
• enact
• abolish

to refuse to buy items in order to protest or to force acceptance of one's terms

• strike
• boycott
• protest
• demonstrate

an official expression of opinion by a group

• proclamation
• declaration
• resolution
• manifesto

incoming money from taxes or other sources

• revenue
• expenditure
• profit
• income