Colonial Vocabulary

What is another name for a British soldier?

• A Redcoat
• A Minuteman
• A Green Beret
• A Navy Seal

What was the name of the event where British soldiers fired into a mob of colonists killing several people?

• Boston Tea Party
• Intolerable Acts
• Boston Massacre
• Declaration of Independence

He was the leader of England during the Revolutionary War.

• King Edward
• George Washington
• King George
• King George III

These were civilian colonists who organized to form well prepared militia companies.

• Redcoats
• Loyalists
• Minutemen
• Torries

This was a law that said a stamp had to be placed on all newspapers and legal documents.  

• Boycott
• The Stamp Act
• The Quartering Act
• The Townshend Act

This is another name for a colonist who wanted to break away from the British.

• A Loyalist
• A Patriot
• A Redcoat
• A Monarchy

This is another name for a colonist who supported the King and did not want to break away.

• A Patriot
• A Loyalist
• A Minuteman
• Boycott

This was a secret society of patriots who fought to protect colonists from taxation by the British.

• Sons of Liberty
• Sons of Anarchy
• The Founding Fathers
• Parliament

This is a change in political power that takes place in a short amount of time when people rise up against the current authorities.

• Inflation
• Poverty
• Revolution
• Tory

This is another name used for a Loyalist.  They remained in support of King George III during the time of the Revolutionary War.

• Patriot
• Sons of Liberty
• Tory
• Minutemen