American Revolutionary War Vocab

The War in North America (1754-1763) between the French and their Indian allies against the British for control of the Ohio River Valley area

• American Revolution

• French and Indian War

• Civil War

• The War of Jenkins Ear

It forbade the colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains, moved Georgia's southern boundary to the St. Mary's River

• Stamp Act

• Proclamation of 1763

• Intolerable Acts

• Charter of 1732

War for independence fro Great Britain between the British colonies and Great Britain.

• Civil War

• French and Indian War

• American Revolutionary War

• World War I

Legislation passed by Parliament in 1765 that imposed a tax on newspapers, legal documents, and licenses

• Stamp Act

• Intolerable Acts

• Paper Tax

• Poll tax

A protest in which people refuse to buy certain items until specific conditions are met.

• Protest

• Boycott

• Prevent defense

• Peaceful Protest

Document issued by the Second Continental Congress by which the delegates stated their intention to be free of British rule.

• Articles of Confederation

• US Constitution

• Declaration of Independence

• Charter of 1732

The introduction to the Declaration of Independence; it stated how the colonist felt about democracy. This is the first section of the Declaration of Independence.

• The Beginning

• Preamble

• Grievances

• Conclustion

Complaints; second section of the Declaration of Independence. It was a list of complaints against the King of England.

• Preamble

• Grievances

• Boycott

• Tar and Feather

George Walton, Lymann Hall, Button Gwinnett

• GA signers of the US Constitution

• GA signers of the Declaration of Independece

• GA signers of the Articles of Confederation

• GA signers of the Charter of 1732

Colonist who did not want independence from Great Britain and remained loyal to the King during the American Revolutionary War.

• Patriot

• Liberty Boys

• Loyalist

• Malcontents