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Unit 2 Critical Vocabulary

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UNIT 2 VOCAB

MILITIA

TROOPS OF VOLUNTARY CITIZEN-SOLDIERS; MINUTEMEN.

CASUALTIES

PEOPLE WHO ARE KILLED, WOUDED, CAPTURED, OR MISSING IN A WAR.

BOYCOTT

TO REFUSE TO BUY SOMETHING, OFTEN USED AS A PROTEST.

REPEAL

TO ABOLISH OR CANCEL, SUCH AS AN ACT OR A LAW.

PROPAGANDA

STORIES AND IMAGES DESIGNED TO SUPPORT A PARTICULAR VEIW.

UNALIENABLE RIGHTS

RIGHTS THAT ALL PEOPLE ARE BORN WITH; LIFE, LIBERTY, AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS.

GUERILLA WARFARE

TYPE OF FIGHTING IN WHICH SOLDIERS USE SWIFT HIT-AND-RUN ATTACKS AGAINST THE ENIMIE, USUALLY BEHIND THE BATTLE LINE.

TAXATION

AN AMOUNT OF MONEY PAID TO A GOVERNMENT BY ITS CITIZENS AND USED TO RUN THE GOVERNMENT.

TARIFF

A TAX, USUALLY ON IMPORTED GOODS.

TYRANNY

CRUEL OR UNJUST USE OF POWER.

REVOLUTION

TO OVER THROW AMD ESTABLISHED GOVERNMENT OR POLITICAL SYSTUM BY PEOPLE WHO ARE GOVERNED.

INDEPENDENCE

FREEDOM FROM CONTROL BY ANOTHER PERSON OR COUNTRY.

GRIEVANCE

A CAUSE OF COMPLAINT; A WRONG DONE AND SUFFERED; THAT WHICH GIVES GROUND FOR RESISTANCE, AS FROM INJUSTICE,TYRANNY

PATRIOT

A COLONIST DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

LOYALIST

A COLONIST WHO SUPPORTED THE BRITISH DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

MINUTEMEN

COLONISTS DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION WHO FOIGHT WITH THE MILITIA WHO WERE SUPPOSE TI BE READY TO FIGHY AT A MOMENT NOTICE.

PROTEST

AN EXPRESSION OF OBJECTION, DISAPPROVAL, OR DISSENT OFTEN IN OPPOSITION TO SOMETHING A PEREON IS POWERLESS TO PREVENT OR AVOID: A PROTEST AHAINSY INCREASED TAXATION