5.2 TEKS American Revolution Vocabulary

​(an amount of) money paid to the government, usually a percentage of personal income or of the cost of goods or services bought

​an act passed by the British Parliament that created a monopoly on tea in the colonies and was unfair to American tea merchants. These acts caused the Boston Tea Party.

​an attempt by many people to overthrow an established government. It is a sudden, abrupt change.

​an often organized effort to avoid doing or buying something as an act of protest.

​any of key players in America's fight for independence against Great Britain and in forming America's national identity through the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.

​a series of laws passed by British Parliament, which, in part, took away Massachusetts' right to self government. The acts were designed to punish the colonies after the Boston Tea Party.

​the state of doing something on behalf of another or others (as in a legislative body

​a nickname for the British soldiers in the American Revolution and other wars because of their bright red uniform jackets.

​From 1774 to 1789, the Continental Congress served as the government of the 13 American colonies and later the United States.

​ lawmaking group in the government of the United Kingdom (Great Britain)