Unit 4: American Revolution Vocabulary

Front

Refusal to buy something as a form of protest.

Back

Boycott.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

Front

A complaint

Back

Grievance

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Front

American colonists who did not support independence from Great Britain

Back

Loyalists

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Front

Soldiers who are paid to fight for a country they are not from.

Back

Mercenaries

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Front

a military force of volunteers

Back

militia

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Front

American colonists who supported independence from Great Britain

Back

Patriots

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Front

The overthrow of one government and its replacement with another.

Back

Political revolution.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Front

The process of collecting money from citizens to fund government expenses.

Back

Taxation

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

Front

being free to control oneself.

Back

independence

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

Front

The governing body of the American colonies during the American Revolution

Back

Continental Congress

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9