3.2-3.5 Revolutionary Era Vocabulary

Citizens who serve as soldiers in a time of emergency

• Militia

• Patriots

• Loyalists

• Mercenaries

Volunteer militia soldiers who were ready to fight at a moments notice

• Minutemen

• Loyalists

• Mercenaries

• Cavalry

Colonists who favored war against Britain

• Patriots

• Loyalists

• Mercenaries

• Guerrillas

Colonists who favored remaining part of the British Empire

• Patriots

• Minutemen

• Loyalists

• Mercenaries

As a result of

• Consequently

• Evidently

• Preamble

• Ratify

A formal request to someone in authority, usually written and signed by a group of people

• Petition

• Preamble

• Boycott

• Repeal

A refusal to buy or use goods and services

• Boycott

• Petition

• Repeal

• Prohibition

To cancel a law

• Repeal

• Ratify

• Prohibit

• Cease

To refuse to allow; to forbid

• Prohibit

• Boycott

• Repeal

• Ratify

Having great influence or power

• Influential

• Evident

• Consequently

• Repeal