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repealed | taken back |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 |