Rev war study Flashcards
Militia
An army or military
Rebel
Patriot
Repeal
To take back a law
Liberty
Freedom
Boycott
To cheat the system
Loyalist
The British
Neutralist
A person on neither side
Patriot
A colonist that wants freedom
Traitor
Betrayer
American revolution
A war between America and Britain
Battle of bunker hill
A battle at breeds hill
Boston tea party
When the colonists dressed up as native Americans and dumped thousands of pounds of tea into the Boston Harbor
Committee of correspondents
Committees of correspondence were longstanding institutions that became a key communications system during the early years of the American Revolution (1772-1776).
Townsend acts
Townshend Acts. To help pay the expenses involved in governing the American colonies, Parliament passed the Townshend Acts, which initiated taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea.
Intolerable acts
When king George 111 shut down the Boston harbor