Early America and Patriot Movie Vocabulary

Representation

• to have someone there to speak for your side or fight for your cause.

• To exclude someone from speaking for themselves

• A person who wants to become a lawyer.

Debt

• Money that you make from your job.

• Money you owe to a person, bank or country.

• Tips you make as a waiter or waitress.

Patriot

• A person who is loyal to a friend.

• A person who who wears red, white and blue.

• A person who vigorously supports their country and is prepared to defend it against enemies.

Militia

• An national army created by a country.

• A military force that is raised from the civil population to supplement a regular army in an emergency.

• A professional army.

Declaration of Independence

• America's founding document that announced its independence from Britian.

• America's constitution that describes how our country will be governed.

• A list of rights that American citizens have.

Continental Army

• The army of the Thirteen Colonies and the Revolutionary-era United States - formed from the 2nd Continental Congress.

• The United States armed forces.

• Britain's army

True or Fales: Consent means to give permission to do something

• True

• False

True or False: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin are considered Founding Fathers

• True

• False

Colonized

• To move to another state within the same country.

• When a person decides to move to another country.

• When a country sends settlers to another area to establish communities, usually for $ or resources and to control politically.