American Revolution Vocabulary

A nation that joins another nation in some common effort

• Ally

• Loyalist

• Patriot

• Petition

A formal, written request made to an official person or organization

• Common Sense

• Continental Army

• Natural Rights

• Petition

Someone who supported staying part of Great Britain

• American Revolution

• Loyalist

• Patriot

• Tyranny

Someone who supported independence from Great Britain

• American Revolution

• Continental Army

• Patriot

• Tyranny

A pamphlet published in 1776 by Thomas Paine that persuaded many American colonists to support independence

• American Revolution

• Common Sense

• Declaration of Independence

• Petition

The document written to declare the American colonies as an independent nation free from British rule

• American Revolution

• Tyranny

• Declaration of Independence

• Petition

The struggle of the colonies in North America to gain their independence from Great Britain

• American Revolution

• Continental Army

• Natural Rights

• Tyranny

The American army during the American Revolution

• American Revolution

• Continental Army

• Natural Rights

• Tyranny

The unjust use of government power

• American Revolution

• Continental Army

• Natural Rights

• Tyranny

Rights common to everyone, as opposed to those given by law

• American Revolution

• Continental Army

• Natural Rights

• Tyranny