Chapter 2 Flashcards
Continental
A soldier of the American army during the revolution. It was also the useless paper money issued by Congress to help pay for the war. (Hence phrase, “not worth a Continental”)
Continental Congress
An assembly of representatives from the American colonies which operated as the legislative body during the revolutionary period.
Facsimile
A reproduction of a document, book, painting, or item
Militia
Citizen soldiers who were called out for emergencies to defend their homes and villages. Militias were first formed in New England to guard Indian attacks. The minutemen were militia.
Minuteman
Colonial militia who had pledged to fight the British “at a minutes notice.” They fought the British at Lexington and Concord in April 1775 to begin the American revolution.
Mob
An undisciplined group of protesters who often the law into their own hands.
Parliament
The official governing body of Great Britain made up of the House of Lords and the House of Commons.
Privateer
Small, privately owned merchant ships that were fitted out with weapons to capture British merchant shipping.
Rebel
British slang term for an American (or patriot) not loyal to British during war.
Redcoats
Slang term for British soldiers who wore scarlet red uniform jackets.
Sons of liberty
Secret group of radicals formed by Sam Adams to protest the Stamp Act. They used violence such as tarring and feathering to punish Loyalist and to protest British policies.
“The shot heard ‘round the world”
Famous phrase from Ralph Waldo Emerson’s poem about the first shot of the revolutionary war at Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts on April 19, 1775.
Patriot leaders 1775
One if by land, two if by sea
George Washington 1775
When we assumed the soldier, we did not lay aside the citizen.
Paul Revere 1775
Turn out, turn out! The British are coming. The British are coming!
