Ch. 11 vocab

Question 1

Independence

Answer 1

Freedom, especially from control by another country or governments.

Question 2

Patriots

Answer 2

People in American colonies, who wanted the colonies to break away from Great Britain. such as people who favored independence for colonies

Question 3

Loyalists

Answer 3

People in American colonies, who wanted the colonies to remain under the control of the king and Great Britain. They are Loyal to the king and opposed independence.

Question 4

Neutralists

Answer 4

Not support either side (loyalists or Patriots) in the fight for independence from Great Britain.

Question 5

Traitors

Answer 5

A person, guilty of acting against his or her own country.

Question 6

Sons of Liberty

Answer 6

The Sons of Liberty were a grassroots group of instigators and provocateurs in colonial America who used an extreme form of civil disobedience—threats, and in some cases actual violence—to intimidate loyalists and outrage the British government