AMERICAN REVOLUTION - UNIT 7 VOCABULARY

THE REVOLUTION OF THE AMERICAN COLONIES AGAINST GREAT BRITAIN LASTING FROM 1775 TO 1783

• AMERICAN REVOLUTION

• CIVIL WAR

• KING PHILIP'S WAR

• WAR OF 1812

1773 PROTEST AGAINST BRITISH TAXES IN WHICH BOSTON COLONISTS DISGUISED AS NATIVE AMERICANS DUMPED TEA INTO BOSTON HARBOR

• BOSTON TEA PARTY

• TEA ACT

• BOSTON MASSACRE

• BOSTON MARATHON

INFORMATION THAT IS SPREAD TO PROMOTE A CAUSE

• PROFILE

• ROBUST

• PROPAGANDA

• BOYCOTT

REFUSE TO BUY OR USE GOODS OR SERVICES

• PATRIOT

• PORTAGE

• PROPAGANDA

• BOYCOTT

AMERICAN COLONIST WHO FAVORED AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE

• LOYALIST

• REDCOAT

• PATRIOT

• TORIES

ANOTHER NAME FOR THOSE WISHING TO REMAIN LOYAL TO GREAT BRITAIN

• PATRIOTS

• TORIES

• REBUS

• MINUTEMEN

COLONIAL MILITIA VOLUNTEER PREPARED TO FIGHT AT A MINUTE NOTICE

• MINUTEMAN

• REDCOAT

• TORIES

• LOYALISTS

FIGHTING STYLE IN WHICH SOLDIERS USE SWIFT HIT-AND-RUN ATTACKS AGAINST THE ENEMY

• ROBUST

• GUERILLA WARFARE

• MILITIA

• NONE OF THESE

1770 INCIDENT IN WHICH BRITISH SOLDIERS FIRED ON AND KILLED 5 AMERICAN COLONISTS

• NEW YORK MASSACRE

• PHILADELPHIA MASSACRE

• BOSTON MASSACRE

• KING PHILIP'S WAR

THE AMERICAN ARMY DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

• COLONIAL ARMY

• HESSIAN ARMY

• REDCOATS

• CONTINENTAL ARMY