TCI Lessons 11 & 12 Vocab

separation from, or freedom of control by, another country or government

• traitor

• independence

• Patriots

• Loyalists

people in the American colonies who opposed independence and wanted the colonies to remain under the control of the king and Great Britain

• Patriots

• neutral

• Loyalists

• traitor

not taking sides

• neutral

• Loyalists

• Patriots

• traitor

people in the American colonies who wanted the colonies to become independent from Great Britain

• Loyalists

• Patriots

• neutral

• traitor

a person guilty of betraying or acting against his or her own country

• Patriots

• Loyalists

• traitor

• neutral

the document that announced that the American colonies were breaking away from Great Britain and explained why

• Founding Fathers

• militia

• Declaration of Independence

• Minutemen

the group of leaders who helped to establish the new American nation

• Founding Fathers

• Declaration of Independence

• Minutemen

• militia

a body of mostly untrained part-time soldiers who did required military service and were available for full-time paid duty when needed

• Minutemen

• Founding Fathers

• militia

• Declaration of Independence

Patriot volunteers who were paid and trained to be ready to fight at a minute’s notice

• Founding Fathers

• militia

• Declaration of Independence

• Minutemen

the meeting of delegates from the American colonies that began in Philadelphia in 1775

• militia

• Second Continental Congress

• Minutemen

• Founding Fathers