Revolutionary War Vocab Cards Flashcards
Militia
A small, patriot army made up of ordinary citizens
Rebel
Patriots who opposed Britain and who wanted independence
Repeal
To take back, or to cancel a law. (Vetoed)
Liberty
The freedom of citizens, speech and religion
Boycott
To refuse to buy, use, or participate in (something) as a way of protesting
Loyalist
People in the American colonies who wanted the colonies to remain under the command of the king and Britain
Neutralist
American colonies who did not support either side in the fight for independence from Great Britain
Patriot
People in the American colonies who wanted the colonies to break away from Great Britain
Traitor
A person guilty of acting against his own country
First Continental Congress
Passed and signed the Continental Association in its Declaration and Resolves, which called for a boycott of British goods to take effect in December 1774
American Revolution
13 of Great Britain’s North American colonies threw off British rule to establish the sovereign United States of America
Battle of Bunker Hill
The British army tried to fight up a hill with a fort built by the colonists. The militiamen won.
Boston Tea Party
American colonists, frustrated and angry at Britain for imposing “taxation without representation,” dumped 342 chests of tea, imported by the British East India Company into the harbor
Committees of Correspondence
American political organizations that sought to coordinate opposition to British Parliament and, later, support for American independence
Townshend Acts
The Townshend Acts initiated taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea
