1. Ch 5 The American Revolution

2. debt To owe money

3. congress A formal meeting

4. repeal To cancel

5. effigy A life size puppet

6. boycotts When people act together and refuse to use or buy something

7. tariff A tax

8. massacre When many people are killed

9. quarter When colonists had to give food or shelter to British troops

10. martial law To be controlled by the military and not your own people

11. Patriots People who strongly opposed the British

12. Loyalists People who were loyal to the British

13. neutral People who were not picking a side

14. militia A volunteer army

15. Continental Army An army of paid soldiers led by George Washington

16. petition A written request for rights or benefits

17. independence Freedom from rule by others

18. rights Freedoms that cannot be taken away

19. treason A crime of fighting against a person’s home country

20. Mercenaries Soldiers who are paid to fight for another country

21. retreat To move away from the enemy

22. morale Spirits or mood

23. enlisted To sign up for armed services for only a short time

24. alliance A formal agreement of friendship between countries

25. strategy A plan

26. peninsula Land surrounde d by water on 3 sides

27. negotiate To reach an agreement

28. Treaty of Paris This officially ended the Revolutionary War for American Independence