1. Chapter 5 “The American Revolution”
Key Words to Know

2. debt
money owed

3. congress
a formal meeting that can also be a law- making body

4. repeal
to cancel or end something

5. effigy
a rough model or dummy of a person

6. boycott
to refuse to use or buy something

7. tariff
a tax on imported goods

8. massacre
the killing of many people

9. quarter
to provide lodging or shelter for a person

10. Martial law
military law

11. Patriot
an American colonist
who strongly opposed
British rule

12. Loyalist
an American colonist
who remained loyal
to Great Britain

13. neutral
not taking sides

14. militia
a volunteer army

15. Continental army
an army of paid
soldiers for the
thirteen colonies

16. petition
a written request for
rights or benefits

17. independence
freedom from rule by others

18. rights
a freedom established by law

19. treason
the crime of betraying one’s country

20. mercenary
a soldier who is paid
to fight for another country

21. retreat
to move away from an enemy

22. morale
spirits

23. enlist
to enter the armed forces

24. alliance
a formal agreement of friendship between countries

25. strategy
a plan

26. peninsula a piece of land almost surrounded by water
and still attached
to the mainland

27. negotiate
to try to reach an agreement

28. Treaty of Paris a formal agreement between the United States
and Great Britain in which Great Britain
recognized the United States as
an independent country