Last vocabulary Flashcards
Militia
A small army made up of ordinary citizens
Rebel
One person or a patriot
Repeal
To take back or cancel a law
Liberty
The freedom of citizens such as freedom of speech and freedom of religion. In the United States theses freedoms were protected by the bill of rights.
Boycott
People who did not buy a product because of its principal
Loyalists
People in the American colonies who wanted the colonist to remain under the control of the king and Great Britain loyalists were loyal to the king and opposed independence
Neutralist
American colonist who did not support either side loyalist or patriots in the fight for independence
Patriot
People in the American colonies who wanted the colonies to break away from Great Britain such people favored independence for the colonies
Traitor
A person guilty of acting against his or her own country
First continental congress
The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 British colonies that became the United States.
American revolution
Much more than a revolt against British taxes and trade regulations, the American Revolution was the first modern revolution
Battel of bunker hill
New England soldiers faced the British army for the first time in a pitched battle
Boston tea party
The Boston Tea Party was an American political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty
Committed of correspondence
a means of spreading news and information about the Patriot cause and mobilizing opposition to British policies in cities, towns and rural communities throughout the colonies
Twonshend acts
initiated taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea.
Intolerable acts
authorized the Royal Navy to blockade Boston Harbor because “the commerce of his Majesty’s subjects cannot be safely carried on there
Sons of liberty
organizing and carrying out the Boston Tea Party.
Town meeting
It is a town- or city-level meeting in which decisions are made, in contrast with town hall meetings
Treason
The crime of disloyalty toward ruler or government
Stamps act
required the colonists to pay a tax, represented by a stamp, on various forms of papers, documents, and playing cards
Minute men
Patriot army
Assembly
A group of government officials who meet to make laws
Delegate
American politics
Petition
make a request to or for
