5th Social Studies - Chapter 7 Vocabulary American Revolution

colonists who supported independence

• Loyalist

• Patriot

• Neutralist

• Independents

a set of laws

• territory

• ordinance

• abolish

• civilian

a land belonging to a nation but is not a state and is not represented in national government

• ordinance

• abolish

• territory

• traitor

to end

• abolish

• negotiate

• ordinance

• territory

an antislavery group

• mercenary

• abolitionist

• ordinance

• traitor

someone who acts against his or her country (to betray your country)

• civilian

• negotiate

• traitor

• mercenary

people not in the military

• traitor

• civilian

• mercenary

• Hessian

to try to reach an agreement among different people

• negotiate

• turning point

• campaign

• enlist

an event that causes an important change

• negotiate

• campaign

• turning point

• mercenary

a series of military actions carried out for a certain goal

• turning point

• campaign

• negotiate

• enlist