American Revolution Vocabulary

an increase in the price of goods

• Tax

• Inflation

• Treason

• Regiment

Money paid by citizens to support their government. A tariff is a tax on imported goods

• Tax

• Inflation

• Treason

• Regiment

 the act of attempting to overthrow one’s government

• Tax

• Inflation

• Treason

• Regiment

a large group of soldiers

• Tax

• Inflation

• Treason

• Regiment

The colonists’ citizen’s army; a body of citizens with some military training who are called to active duty only in an emergency.

• Sons of Liberty

• Loyalists

• Patriot

• Militia

a person who remained loyal to the king of Great Britain during the American Revolution; also called a tory.

• Sons of Liberty

• Loyalists

• Patriot

• Militia

A colonist who protests against the king on the side of the Americans

• Sons of Liberty

• Loyalists

• Patriot

• Militia

 a group of colonial men who protested the unjust taxes of the British

• Sons of Liberty

• Loyalists

• Patriot

• Militia

document signed by Great Britain and America that officially ended the Revolutionary War

• United States Constitution

• The Declaration of Independence

• Treaty of Alliance with France

• Peace of Paris

• Bill of Rights

document that formalized France's financial and military support of the revolutionary government in America.

• United States Constitution

• The Declaration of Independence

• Treaty of Alliance with France

• Peace of Paris

• Bill of Rights