Rev war card Flashcards
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Milita
A small army made of ordinary citizens.
Rebel
A patriot
Repeal
To take back, or to cancel, a law
Liberty
Freedoms
Boycott
A protest to buy something
Loyalists
Wanted to be under Britain’s power
Neutralists
Didn’t go to either side
Patriot
Wanted the colonies to break away from Britain
Traitor
Someone who secretly is on the other side
First Continental Congress
American revolution
Battle of Bunker Hill
One of the battles at the beginning of the war
Boston tea party
Sons of liberty dressed as Indians and dumped tea into the Boston harbor
Committees of Correspondence
Townshend Acts
Intolerable Acts
No one can enter the Boston Harbor or leave
Sons of Liberty
And secret independent group that fought against Britain
Town meeting
A meeting of citizens
Treason
Traitor
Stamp act
When Britain passed the law of taxing paper goods
Minutemen
People fought against the British
Assembly
a group of people gathered together in one place for a common purpose.
Delegate
A member of a assemble
Petition
a formal written request, typically one signed by many people, appealing to authority with respect to a particular cause.