SS Unit 2 Vocabulary Review

nickname for the British troops

• minutemen

• patriots

• redcoats

• blue crabs

when groups work together for a common purpose

• blockade

• alliance

• independence

• guerilla fighting

colonists who supported King George

• Loyalists

• Redcoats

• Patriots

• Sons of Liberty

men who could be ready quickly to fight

• Sons of Liberty

• congress

• redcoats

• minutemen

to block or prevent the passing of goods

• boycott

• repeal

• blockade

• alliance

strong supporter of a group or party

• partisan

• redcoats

• minutemen

• loyalists

colonists who wanted freedom from England

• partisans

• patriots

• loyalists

• alliance

fighting using rocks or trees to hide and ambush

• minutemen

• guerilla

• redcoats

• gorilla