Chapter 4 Vocab

Question 1

Loyalists

Answer 1

a colonist of the American revolutionary period who supported the British cause.

Question 2

Redcoats

Answer 2

a British soldier.

Question 3

Minutemen

Answer 3

(in the period preceding and during the American Revolution) a member of a class of American militiamen who volunteered to be ready for service at a minute’s notice.

Question 4

Continental Army

Answer 4

The Continental Army was formed after the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War by the colonies that became the United States of America.

Question 5

Mercenaries

Answer 5

a professional soldier hired to serve in a foreign country

Question 6

First Continental Congress

Answer 6

The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from twelve of the thirteen colonies that met on September 5 to October 26, 1774 at Carpenters’ Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, early in the American Revolution.

Question 7

Second Continental Congress

Answer 7

The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting in the summer of 1775, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that, soon after warfare, declared that the American Revolutionary War had begun.

Question 8

Patriots

Answer 8

a person who vigorously supports their country and is prepared to defend it against enemies or detractors.

Question 9

Common Sense

Answer 9

good sense and sound judgment in practical matters.

Question 10

Declaration of Independence

Answer 10

Declaration of Independence is defined as the formal statement written by Thomas Jefferson declaring the freedom of the thirteen American colonies from Great Britain. An example of the Declaration of Independence was the document adopted at the Second Continental Congress on July 4th, 1776.

Question 11

Battle of Yorktown

Answer 11

The last battle of the Revolutionary War, fought in 1781 near the seacoast of Virginia. There the British general Lord Cornwallis surrendered his army to General George Washington

Question 12

Treaty of Paris 1783

Answer 12

The Treaty of Paris of 1783, negotiated between the United States and Great Britain, ended the revolutionary war and recognized American independence. The Continental Congress named a five-member commission to negotiate a treaty–John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, John Jay, Thomas Jefferson, and Henry Laurens