American Revolution 2
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the letter of the matching definition next to each term.
1. boycott
A. Charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government
2. stamp act
B. A war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy
3. budget
C. Immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence
4. declaration
D. Someone in an official position of authority who can ___ or control others
5. representation
E. The act of abrogating
6. repeal
F. A market in which there are many buyers but only one seller
7. Samuel Adams
G. A formal public statement
8. treason
H. A crime that undermines the offender's government
9. liberty
I. The first important battle of the American War of Independence which was fought at Breed's ___
10. taxation
J. A formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority
11. bias
K. American Revolutionary leader and patriot
12. quarter
L. A group's refusal to have commercial dealings with some organization in protest against its policies
13. Paul Revere
M. American silversmith remembered for his midnight ride to warn the colonists in Lexington
14. point of view
N. A partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation
15. intolerable
O. A district of a city having some distinguishing character
16. commander
P. A summary of intended expenditures along with proposals for how to meet them
17. monopoly
Q. The state of serving as an official and authorized delegate or agent
18. petition
R. Incapable of being tolerated or endured
19. mercenary
S. An ___ passed by the British Parliament in 1756 that raised revenue from the American Colonies by
20. blockade
T. A mental position from which things are ___
21. Bunker Hill
U. A person hired to fight for another country than their own