5th Grade Chapter 5 VOcab

LESSON 1 debt money that is owed congress a formal meeting; a lawmaking body repeal to cancel effigy a life-sized puppet boycott when people act together and refuse to use or buy something tariff a tax LESSON 2 massacre the killing of many people quarter to give food and shelter to martial law military rule Patriots those who strongly opposed Britains actions Loyalists colonists that were loyal to Britain neutral colonists who did not choose one side or the other militia a volunteer army Lesson 3 Continental army an army of paid soldiers from the colonies petition a written request for rights or benefits independence freedom from rule by others rights freedoms treason the crime of fighting against one's own country LESSON 4 mercenaries soldiers who are paid to fight for another country retreat to move away from the enemy morale spirits enlisted signed up for armed service alliance a formal agreement of friendship between countries LESSON 5 strategy plan peninsula a piece of land nearly surrounded by water negotiate to reach an agreement on something Treaty of Paris a formal agreement between the United States and Great Britain that ended the American Revolution