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