Test 2 Flashcards
A soldier of American army during the revolution. It was also the useless paper money issued by Congress to help pay for the war hence the phrase, not worth a_____________.
Continental
An assembly of representatives from the American colonies which operated at the legislative body during the revolutionary period.
Continental Congress
A reproduction of a document book painting or item.
Facsimile
Citizen soldiers who were called out for emergencies to defend their homes and villages. ____________ were first form to new England to guard against Indiana tax the minute men were ______.
Militia
And undisciplined group of protesters who often take the law into their own hands.
Mob
The official governing body of Great Britain made up of the House of Lords and the House of Commons.
Parliament
Small, privately owned merchant ships that were fitted out with weapons to capture British merchant shipping.
Privateer
British slang term for an American (or Patriot) not loyal to Britain during the war.
Rebel
Slang term for British soldiers who wore scarlet red uniform jackets.
Redcoats
Secret group of radicals formed by Sam Adams to protest the Stamp Act. They used violence such as tarring and feathering to Loyalists and to protest British policies.
Sons of Liberty
Famous phrase from Ralph Waldo Emerson’s poem about the first shot of the Revolutionary War at Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts on April 19, 1775.
The shot heard round the world
One if by land, two if by sea
Patriot Leaders
When we assumed the soldier, we did not lay aside the citizen.
George Washington
Turn out, turn out! The British are coming! The British are coming!
Paul Revere
Hold your fire men, but if they mean to have war, let it begin here!
Colonel John Parker
