| protegee | guided by someone |
| wavering | moving back and forth |
| trance | dreamlike state |
| Parliament | British legislature |
| allies | friends in war |
| taxes | money paid to the government |
| authority | control |
| tariff | tax on imported goods |
| represent | acting for someone else |
| treason | betraying one’s government |
| petitions | signed requests for |
| boycott | refusal to buy |
| congress | meeting of elected representatives |
| repealed | taken back |
| massacre | killing many defenseless people |