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American Revolution Vocabulary/ Parts 1 & 2

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  • A British soldier who fought in the American Revolution
    minuteman
    French military
    Redcoat
    Navy
  • the crime of betraying one's country
    murder
    burglary
    army
    treason
  • The document in which the American colonists stated their independence from Great Britain
    Treaty of Paris
    Declaration of Independence
    Articles of Confederation
    US Constitution
  • to take in or to house
    evict
    rent
    sell
    quarter
  • the American army during the American Revolution led by George Washington
    French Army
    British Army
    American Marines
    Continental Army
  • freedom; not being controlled by another country
    slavery
    revolution
    independence
    loyalist
  • complaint
    agreement
    happiness
    grievance
    treaty
  • A person who supported the British during the American Revolution
    patriot
    France
    American
    loyalist
  • doing something on the behalf of another person or country
    representation
    revolution
    treaty
    independence
  • Main people who helped create the United States
    Patriots
    Founding Mothers
    Founding Fathers
    Loyalists
  • A form of protest in which people refuse to buy certain products or services
    purchase
    bobcat
    protest
    boycott
  • A group of colonists who formed a secret society to build support for the American Revolution
    Daughters of Liberty
    Sons of Liberty
    British Army
    Continental Army
  • A popular drink of the British which was taxed.
    coffee
    lemonade
    tea
    coca cola
  • Led the colonists in the war; first president of the United States
    Samuel Adams
    Thomas Jefferson
    George Washington
    Abraham Lincoln
  • something you owe to another person or country
    tax
    debt
    army
    income
  • A formal agreement between two or more sovereign states
    declaration
    debt
    treason
    treaty
  • American colonist who favored American independence
    patriot
    loyalist
    French
    treason
  • Money that people and businesses pay to the government
    representstion
    tax
    debt
    pay
  • the right of the people to do or say things that are not illegal without being stopped or interrupted by the government
    government rights
    boycott
    civil liberty
    treason
  • a forcible overthrow of a government or social order in favor of a new system.
    peace
    treaty
    revolution
  • Wrote the Declaration of Independence
    John Adams
    Thomas Jefferson
    Benjamin Franklin
    George Washington
  • a formal statement
    treason
    constitution
    declaration
    treaty