Revolutionary War Flashcards
The refusal to buy goods from country as a form of protest is called what?
Boycott
An effort to cut off food supplies,people,and communications from a particular area by force is called?
Blockade
What was the name of the army formed by the American colonists to fight the British army and gain independence from England?
Continental army
A government tax on specific items is called what?
A Duty
What is the name of the law making (legislative) branch of the South Carolina government?
General assembly
What groups make the general assembly in South Carolina?
- SC senate
* SC House of Representatives
A form of fighting that relies on small combat troops that are mobile ad flexible is called what?
Guerrilla warfare
American colonist who stayed loyal to England and who volunteered to fight on the side of the British were called what?
Loyalist / Tories
Citizens who are trained as soldiers but are not part of the regular army were called what?
Militia
Patriots who used guerrilla warfare agains the regular British army were called what?
Partisans
American colonist who supported the revolution and fought for independence from England were called what?
Patriots
A military blockade of a city with the intent of getting the city to surrender is called what?
Siege
Who fought the French and Indian war?
French. Americans
Vs.
Native Americans British
What was the name of the war where the British forced the Cherokee to give up almost all of their land in SC?
Cherokee war
What land did the English won as a result of the French and Indian war?
- Florida from Spain
* all French lands east of Mississippi River
