Module 2 Lesson 1: North Carolina and Conflict - Revolutionary &

Define conflict

• Strong disagreement between groups. 

• The 11 Southern states that seceded from the United States in 1860 and 186l.

• To withdraw from a group or a political union.

• The group of Northern states during the Civil War that wanted to preserve the USA as a constitutional union.

Define Revolutionary War

• War fought between the Northern and Southern states because of disagreements about economic differences, sectionalism, states’ rights, enslavement, the election of 1860 and secession.

• The document signed that declared the colonies were free from British rule.

• A war fought between colonists and the British because the colonists wanted independence from England.

• The group of Northern states during the Civil War that wanted to preserve the USA as a constitutional union.

Define tax/taxation

• A resolution written in Halifax, NC, that encouraged delegates to the Continental Congress to push for independence from the British.

• a person who is chosen to speak or act for others.

• The money that people have to pay to the government. The government uses the money to pay for public services.

• Colonists that supported independence from the King/British rule.

Define militia

• A colonist that supported the King/British rule.

• A group of trained citizens who are not soldiers but can serve as members of the military in an emergency.

• Colonists that supported independence from the King/British rule.

• The group of people in England that made laws for the country and colonies.

Define Parliament

• A group of trained citizens who are not soldiers but can serve as members of the military in an emergency.

• The group of people in England that made laws for the country and colonies.

• The money that people have to pay to the government. The government uses the money to pay for public services.

• A war fought between colonists and the British because the colonists wanted independence from England.

Define Loyalists

• The 11 Southern states that seceded from the United States in 1860 and 186l.

• To withdraw from a group or a political union.

• A colonist that supported the King/British rule.

• The group of Northern states during the Civil War that wanted to preserve the USA as a constitutional union.

Define Patriots

• Colonists that supported independence from the King/British rule.

• Strong disagreement between groups. 

• A war fought between colonists and the British because the colonists wanted independence from England. 

• The money that people have to pay to the government. The government uses the money to pay for public services.

Define delegate

• A resolution written in Halifax, NC, that encouraged delegates to the Continental Congress to push for independence from the British.

• Colonists that supported independence from the King/British rule.

• The group of people in England that made laws for the country and colonies.

• a person who is chosen to speak or act for others.

Define Halifax Resolves

• a person who is chosen to speak or act for others.

• A resolution written in Halifax, NC, that encouraged delegates to the Continental Congress to push for independence from the British.

• The document signed that declared the colonies were free from British rule.

• The 11 Southern states that seceded from the United States in 1860 and 186l.

Define Declaration of Independence

• The document signed that declared the colonies were free from British rule.

• A resolution written in Halifax, NC, that encouraged delegates to the Continental Congress to push for independence from the British.

• a person who is chosen to speak or act for others.

• a person who is chosen to speak or act for others.