The Amazing American Revolution Vocabulary!

Taxation

• changing from one government structure to another

• process of collecting money from citizens in order to fund government expenses

• a complaint

• a military force of volunteers

Political revolution

• American colonists who did not support independence from Great Britain

• soldiers who are paid to fight for a country they are not from

• to refuse to buy goods

• changing from one government structure to another

Patriots

• American colonists who supported independence from Great Britain

• American colonists who did not support independence from Great Britain

• soldiers who are paid to fight for a country they are not from

• None of the above

Loyalists

• soldiers who are paid to fight for a country they are not from

• a military force of volunteers

• American colonists who supported independence from Great Britain

• None of the above

Grievance

• to refuse to buy goods

• American colonists who supported independence from Great Britain

• a complaint

• American colonists who did not support independence from Great Britain

• a military force of volunteers

Boycott

• changing from one government structure to another

• American colonists who did not support independence from Great Britain

• to buy many goods

• None of the above

Militia

• American colonists who supported independence from Great Britain

• American colonists who did not support independence from Great Britain

• a military force of volunteers

• soldiers who are paid to fight for a country they are not from

Mercenaries

• soldiers who are NOT paid to fight for a country they are not from

• soldiers who are paid to fight for a country they are not from

• people who boycotted British goods

• None of the above

________________ provided the money to pay for it all.

• Taxation

• Political revolution

• Boycotting

• Mercenaries

The ___________________ wanted badly to break away from Britains grasp. They fought hard to win their independence.

• Patriots

• Loyalists

• Miltia

• None of the above