Unit 4: Achieving Independence Vocabulary Review

A small army made up of ordinary citizens who are available to fight in an emergency

• Militia

• Peition

• Traitor

• Ally

Members of the Militia known for being ready to respond to emergencies and fight with little advanced notice.

• Continental Army

• Minutemen

• British Regulars

• Redcoat

A nation that joins another nation in some common effort that will benefit both sides.

• Enemy

• Axis

• Ally

• Treaty

A carefully planned strategy an army used to achieve a specific end.

• Militia

• Alliance

• Treaty

• Tactic

A formal written request; usually a request to a government requesting a change in policy or law.

• Treaty

• Petition

• Act

• Boycott

Freedom from control by another government or country. The United States gained its _______________________ from Great Britain after the Revolutionary War.

• respect

• victory

• Independence

• armistice

An army's plan of action designed to achieve an overall goal.

• Strategy

• Revolution

• Militia

• Logistics

A term that originated during the Enlightenment time. The idea about what society would be like without government, the state, or laws.

• Anarchy

• Monarchy

• Democracy

• State of Nature

The idea proposed by Enlightenment leaders that states "The rights granted to all people by nature or God that cannot be denied or restricted by any government or individual."

• Bill of Rights

• Emancipation

• State of Nature

• Natural Rights

A person guilty of this crime is disloyal to their country and actively works against it.

• Treaty

• Traitor

• Loyalist

• Patriot