CHAPTER 5 VOCABULARY

BOYCOTT

• To refuse to buy one or more goods from a certain source.
• An organized refusal by many people is called a boy cot.
• When the revolutionary war started there was a boycott about having the war.

MILITIA

• A small army made up of ordinary citizens who were trained to fight in an emergency.
• The government might need to have a militia just in case something bad happens.

REPEAL

• To take back or cancel a law
• The government repealed the law of no calling on the phone while driving.

TYRANNY

• The unjust use of government power. A ruler who uses power in this way is called a tyrant.
• The government was tyrant