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boycott
to __________________ or
using the goods or services of
a certain company or country
as a __________________
The Patriots wanted to
_____________ tea, because
of the Tea Act.
taunt
To_____________________,
ridicule, insult, put down
The Bostonians
________________ the
British soldiers guarding the
king’s money in Boston.
avoid
____________away from or
_____________ oneself from
doing (something).
John Hancock wanted to
_________________ paying
taxes on the goods he was
bringing to America.
patriot
a person who vigorously
_____________ their
_____________ and is
prepared to ___________ it
If you were for American
independence, you were
considered to be a
_________________.
violate
to ______________,
disregard/ignore on purpose,
_________________
someone else
The colonists believed that
England wanted to
_____________________ the
rights they had as English
citizens.
move (goods) ________into
or out of a country.
John Hancock would
sometimes ____________ his
merchant ships passed British
tax collectors.
The _______________ of
___________/Great Britain,
the group of elected officials
(House of Commons) and
appointed officials (House of
Lords) that _______________
for the country
_____________
and_________________;
armaments.
The British government,
__________________,
needed money to pay their
war debt, so they taxed the
colonies.
customs
the ____________ put on by
a government on
_______________ goods.
repeal
usually a law, ordinance or
public policy — is to _______
it ___________
The British kept their trade
taxes in the
__________________ House
on Kings Street in Boston.
The Stamp Act was so
unpopular in the colonies
that the British decided to
_____________________ it.
smuggle
Parliament
arms
The minutemen were hiding
________ from the British
soldiers, because they would
be needed to fight at
Lexington.
$
the _______ of
_______________ one's
country, especially by
attempting to kill the
sovereign (ex. king) or
overthrow the government.
______________ (an
______________ person) to
do something by using
___________ or threats.
You would be put to death if
you committed ___________
against the king.
declare
_______________________in
a serious, deliberate, and
_____________ manner.
The patriots wanted to
_________________ their
independence from England.
interfere
__________ or _________ (a
process or activity) from
continuing or being carried
out.
The colonists did not want
the king to
_________________ with
their rights as Englishmen.
tariff
a ___________to be paid on
a particular class of imports
or __________.
A ______________________
is a trade tax on imported
goods.
treason
coerce
The Intolerable Acts were
meant to ______________
the people of Boston to obey
the king.