Unit 2 - Revolution Vocabulary

What is a small army made up of ordinary citizens trained to fight in an emergency?

• ally

• militia

• army

• minutemen

What is an overall plan, such as for winning a war?

• strategy

• milita

• ally

• game

What is a nation that joins another nation in some common effort, such as fighting a war

• strategy

• patriot

• loyalist

• ally

What is the American army during the American Revolution?

• Continental Army

• patriots

• loyalists

• Navy

What is the struggle of the colonies in North America to gain their independence from Great Britain?

• Civl War

• World War II

• American Revolution

• Vietnam War

Who are colonists that wanted independence from Great Britain?

• Patriots

• Minutemen

• Militia

• Loyalists

Who were Americans who supported and were loyal to the British

• Minutemen

• Militia

• Patriots

• Loyalists

Who was a member of a militia during the American Revolution who could be ready to fight in sixty seconds?

• Minutemen

• ally

• Loyalist

• Patriot

Who were German soldiers hired by George III to smash Colonial rebellion, proved good in mechanical sense but they were more concerned about money than duty?

• Patriots

• Loyalists

• Hessians

• Allies

Who were enslaved men freed by the war?

• Hessians

• Freedman

• Minutemen

• Militia