revolutionary war vocabulary

The supreme legislative (law-making) body of Great Britain composed of the House of Lords and the House of Commons.

• boycott

• massacre

• Parliament

Key Words:

don’t buy/use

hurt business

changes needed or wanted

type of protest

• boycott

• protest

• petition

To refuse to buy goods from a certain source or an organized refusal by many people 

• ban
• delay
• boycott
• disclaimer

Colonists who took sides with England and the King

• Whigs
• Loyalists
• Militias
• Patriots

A ruler who uses government power in an unjust way is guilty of

• tyranny
• heresy
• mockery
• jealousy

What name was given to a colonist that supported the rule of King George?

• Militia

• Loyalist

• Patriot

• Boycott

What name was given to colonists that opposed British rule?

• Boycott

• Militia

• Loyalist

• Patriot

What is the name of the group that lived in Britain, but passed laws that impacted the colonists in America?

• Songs of Liberty

• Patriots

• First Continental Congress

• Parliament

What name was given to American colonists who sided with Great Britain during the American Revolution?

• Loyalist
• Patriot
• Rebel 
• American

Because independence was such a drastic change in government for the U.S., the war is described as a(n)

• revolution

• secede

• desert

• redoubt