Unit 4 - Road to Revolution Vocabulary

A revolution started by English colonists in 1775 against the British Empire (England). It was based on a belief that they were not represented on issues like taxation and land rights. The revolutionaries wanted to form a new government.

• The French Revolution

• The American Revolution

• The French and Indian War

• The American Civil War

This war began over whether or not the upper Ohio River valley was a part of the British Empire. (This war was part of the larger 7 Years War that took place in Europe).

• The French and Indian War

• The Revolutionary War

• The 30 Years War

• The American Civil War

American colonists who remained devoted to Britain and opposed the War for Independence.

• Patriot

• Loyalist

• Blue-coat

• Yankee

American colonists who were determined to fight against the British until American independence was won.

• Loyalist

• Redcoats

• Patriots

• Eagles

A system in which power is divided between the national and state governments.

• Communism

• Confederation

• Federalism

• Theocracy

Signed in 1776 by US revolutionaries; it declared the United States as a free state from England.

• Constitution

• Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation

• Bill of Rights

This was the 1st Constitution of the U.S. last from 1781-1788 (weaknesses were-no executive, no judicial, no power to tax, no power to regulate trade)

• Constitution

• Declaration of Independence

• Bill of Rights

• Articles of Confederation

A document which spells out the principles by which a government runs and the fundamental laws that govern its people.

• Declaration of War

• Constitution

• Declaration of Independence

• French and Indian Declaration

What is a form of democracy in which citizens elect officials to vote on laws and govern their country? This is the form of government that was founded in the United States following the Revolutionary War.

• Communist Republic

• Socialist Republic

• Representative Democracy

• Anarchy

What word means, "Freedom from outside control."?

• enslaved

• colonized

• imperialized

• independence