The Revolutionary Era

Britain and France signed this bringing the French and Indian War to an end

• French and Indian War

• Abolish Act

• Treaty of Paris

• Petition

When an army surrounds and blockades an enemy position in an attempt to capture it

• siege

• Civil disobedience

• Militia

• Blockade

The nonviolent refusal to obey laws that one considers unjust

• Blockade

• Boycott

• civil disobedience

• Mercenary

Colonist who favored war against Britain

• Mercenary

• Militia

• Loyalist

• Patriots

 troops from Germany to help fight other colonies

• Ratify

• mercenary

• Cavalry

• Siege

to approve

• Natural rights

• ratify

• Traitor

• Mercenary

War fought in the colonies between the English and the French for possession of the Ohio Valley area. The English won.

• Lexington and Concord

• Battle of Saratoga

• Treaty of Paris

• French and Indian War

A person who betrays his or her country

• Traitor

• Militia

• Mercenary

• Loyalist

Rights that cannot be taken away

• petition rights

• boycott rights

• unalienable rights

• civil disobedience

American colonist who remained loyal to Britain and opposed the war for independence

• boycott

• loyalist

• patriots

• militia