1. Toward Independence Chapter 5 Vocabulary

2. repeal

4. to take back if a government repeals a law, it officially ends that law

5. militia

8. a small army of ordinary citizens

9. boycott

12. refuse to buy something, use something, or take part in something as a way of protesting

13. tyranny

14. cruel or unfair control over other people cruel and unfair government something in your life that limits your freedom to do things the way you want to

15. ally (allies)

16. a country that agrees to help or support another country in a war someone who helps and supports you when other people are trying to oppose you

17. Patriots (Whigs)

19. colonists who wanted to separate from England colonists who want a self-government colonists that violently rebelled against British control during the American Revolution

20. Loyalists (Tories)

22. colonists who remained loyal to the kingdom of Great Britain and the King colonists who wanted to remain part of England