Rev war vocabulary Flashcards
Loyalist
People in American colonies who wanted the colonies to remain under the control of the king and Great Britain. Loyalists were loyal to the king and opposed independence
Rebel
Patriot
Neutralists
American colonies who did not support either side (loyalists and patriots) in the fight for independence from Great Britain.
Patriots
Patriots people in the American colonies who wanted the colonists 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
Liberty
Freedom
Sons of liberty
In 1765 Adams helped to organize a group of patriots called the sons of liberty
Militia
A small army made up of ordinary citizens
Repeal
To take back or to cancel a law
Boycott
To refuse to buy something because of the principle
First continental congress
A meeting to make a letter to king George to stop intolerable acts.
American revolution
when colonists fight for freedom
Battle of bunker hill
The battle that proved that the patriots could fight the war
Boston tea party
Yea was thrown of a ship which started the intolerable acts.
Committees of correspondence
Key Communication tool used In The early years of the revolutionary war
Townshed acts
Parliament passed the Townshend Acts which initiated taxes on glass lead paint paper and tea.
Intolerable act
Series of laws passed by the British parliament In 1774 after the Boston tea party. The laws aimed to punish Massachusetts colonists for their defense in the tea party protest of the tea act.
Town meeting
A place where they Discussed the war.
Treason
The crime of disloyalty towards a leader or government
Stamp act
An act that the British put taxes on paper goods.
Minutemen
Another word for Patriots
Assembly
A group of government officials who meet to make laws
Delegate
Representative of their country
Petition
a formal written request, typically one signed by many people
