Revolution

Patriot

• American colonist who favored American independence

• American colonists who remained loyal to Britain and opposed the war for independence

• citizen soldiers who could be ready to fight at a minute's notice

• Soldiers who would fight for money

Loyalist

• American colonist who favored American independence

• American colonists who remained loyal to Britain and opposed the war for independence

• citizen soldiers who could be ready to fight at a minute's notice

• Soldiers who would fight for money

Minute Men

• American colonist who favored American independence

• American colonists who remained loyal to Britain and opposed the war for independence

• citizen soldiers who could be ready to fight at a minute's notice

• Soldiers who would fight for money

A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that claimed the colonies had a right to be an independent nation

• Declaration of Independence

• The Constitution

• Articles of Confederation

• Common Sense

an act passed by the British that allowed British troops to live in the homes of the colonists

• Sugar Act

• Townshend Act

• Quartering Act

• Stamp Act

secret society formed to oppose British policies

• Sons of Liberty

• Loyalists

• Lobster backs

• Rough Riders

A group's refusal to have commercial dealings with some organization in protest against its policies.

• Boycott

• Petition

• Propaganda

• Strike

a formal request for government action

• Boycott

• Petition

• Propaganda

• Strike

Ideas spread to influence public opinion for or against a cause.

• Boycott

• Petition

• Propaganda

• Strike

basic rights of the people that may not be taken away

• Unalienable Rights

• Intolerable Acts

• Quartering

• Petition