Rev war Flashcards
(24 cards)
Militia
A army
Rebel
Patriot
Repeal
When someone takes something away trike a law
Liberty
Freedom
Boycott
Refusing to buy something
Loyalist
Someone who was loyal to the British
Neutralists
Someone who is neutral in the war
Patriot
Someone who wants independence and is fighting the British
Traitor
Someone who betrays their country
First continental congress
The first meeting of congress that the us had to stop the intolerable acts and to say they did not want to go to war with Britain
American revolution
The war between the British and the colonies for independence
Battle of bunker hill
The battle that happened on breeds hill that the American Army fought well
Boston tea party
The sons of liberty led by Samuel Adams threw tea off of a British ship to protest the acts
Comity of correspondence
The group that met to discuss the new British policies
Townshend acts
The acts that provoked the Boston massacre that were made by lord Townshend the tax included paint
Intolerable acts
Because of the Boston tea party the British made it so no one could get in to the harbor or out
The sons of liberty
A group formed in 1765 by Samuel Adams that encouraged colonists to disobey British laws
Town meeting
When a town meets to discuss problems
Treason
When someone does something against a group
Stamp act
What the British did when they taxed all things on paper
Minutemen
A nickname for the American army
Assembly
When a group of people get together to do something
Delegate
A person that goes over to another place to represent where they are coming from
Petition
A thing that a lot of people sign normally to get people to do somthing
