Unit 4: Causes of the American Revolution


Unit 4: Causes of the American RevolutionOnline version Vocabulary terms and definitions for Unit 4 covering the causes of the American Revolution by Michael Moore 1 Term 1 2 Term 4 3 Term 10 4 Term 11 5 Term 13 6 Term 14 7 Term 15 8 Term 5 9 Term 6 10 Term 12 11 Term 16 colony an area under the control of another country Triangular Trade a system of trade between the New World, Europe, and Africa taxation money charged by the government in order to provide acts a law or set of laws boycott refusing to cooperate or participate as an act of protest propaganda Misleading information meant to promote a certain political idea or message repeal remove or eliminate a law lovalist colonists who remained loyal to England during the revolution patriot colonists who supported independence during the revolution revolution forcibly overthrowing a government and creating a new one militia a volunteer army of regular citizens, generally with little training

Unit 4: Causes of the American RevolutionOnline version

Vocabulary terms and definitions for Unit 4 covering the causes of the American Revolution

colony

an area under the control of another country

Triangular Trade

a system of trade between the New World, Europe, and Africa

taxation

money charged by the government in order to provide

acts

a law or set of laws

boycott

refusing to cooperate or participate as an act of protest

propaganda

Misleading information meant to promote a certain political idea or message

repeal

remove or eliminate a law

lovalist

colonists who remained loyal to England during the revolution

patriot

colonists who supported independence during the revolution

revolution

forcibly overthrowing a government and creating a new one

militia

a volunteer army of regular citizens, generally with little training