Chapter 4: American Revolution

American colonists who chose to fight for independence from Great Britain

• Redcoats

• Loyalists

• Patriots

• Mercenaries

Local militia who got their name because they were ready to fight at a moment's notice.

• Minutemen

• Redcoats

• militiamen

• Patriots

Force that would soon include soldiers from all the colonies and would carry out the fight against Britain

• Sons of Liberty

• Colonial Army

• Continental Army

• Marines

A pamphlet written in 1776 by Thomas Paine advocating for independence from Great Britain

• Declaration of Independence

• Constitution

• Join or Die Pamphlet

• Common Sense

Colonists who sided with the British

• Patriots

• Sons of Liberty

• Redcoats

• Loyalists

Foreign soldiers who fought not out of loyalty, but for pay

• mercenaries

• redcoats

• Patriots

• Anarchists

Great Britain recognizes the independence of the United States

• Treaty of Versailles 1763

• Proclamation of 1763

• Treaty of Paris 1783

• Townshend Acts of 1767

The French and Indian War is also known as the 7 Years War.

• True

• False

During the war, women would disguise themselves as men to fight.

• True

• False

Common Sense was written by:

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• Thomas Paine

• Alexander Hamilton