Revolutionary War Vocabulary

What was a Patriot?

• a forcible overthrow of a government

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

• American colonist who fought for independence from Great Britain during the Revolutionary War

• a formal agreement between the governments of two or more countries

permission to do something

• quarter

• treason

• boycott

• consent

a person appointed or elected to represent others

• delegate

• salutary neglect

• boycott

• repeal

levy

• a volunteer army

• permission to do something

• a country that agrees to help another country

• impose or raise a tax

The legislative assembly composed of delegates from the rebel colonies who met during and after the American Revolution.

• Continental Army

• Continental Congress

• Loyalist

• Patriots

complaint

• militia

• grievance

• compliment

• treason

a law made by a governing body

• act

• petition

• treaty

• revolution

a formal request

• militia

• treaty

• petition

• act

Continental Army

• official army of King George III

• official army of France

• representatives from each of the 13 colonies who decided to meet and write a document stating their reasons for independence from England

• official army of the colonies, created by the Second Continental Congress and led by George Washington

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

• Continental army

• the Articles of Confederation

• the Declaration of Independence

• Common Sense