American Revolution Vocabulary Review

A gathering of colonial leaders who were deeply troubled about the relationship between Great Britain and the colonies

• Colonial Assembly

• First Continental Congress

• Second Continental Congress

• The Olive Branch Petition

a person sent or authorized to represent others, in particular an elected representative sent to a conference.

• A colonist

• A Delegate

• A Militia

• A Minuteman

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

A volunteer army of citizens.

• Delegates

• Colonists

• Militia

• Loyalists

Colonists who chose to fight for independence against Great Britain were known as:

• Delegates

• Militia

• Loyalists

• Patriots

This type of local Militia during the American Revolution got its nickname based on the fact that the men could get ready in one minutes notice

• Minutemen

• Militia

• Delegates

• Patriots

The British army earned the nickname of ____________ based on the color jackets they wore on their uniforms.

• Blackcoats

• Bluecoats

• Redcoats

• Rainbowcoats

1. An agreement or a settlement of a dispute that is reached by each side making concessions.

• First Continental Congress

• Patriots

• Loyalists

• Compromise