American Revolution Vocabulary

Agreement among the 13 states of the U. S. that served as the nation's first frame of government

• boycott

• loyalist

• militia

• Articles of Confederation

American colonists who were determined to fight the British until American independence was won

• Boycott

• militia

• repeal

• patriots

a significant method of protest during the period leading up to the American Revolution as colonists resisted British laws they viewed were unfair

• boycott

• civil disobedience

• taxation

• militia

collective action where individuals or groups refuse to purchase or engage with a product as a form of protest to express disapproval

• militia

• boycott

• repeal

• taxation

army or military force that is composed of ordinary citizens rather than professional soldiers

• taxation

• boycott

• militia

• repeal

act of law to annul or abolish

• militia

• boycott

• repeal

• patriot

American colonists who remained loyal to British and opposed the war for independence

• patriot

• militia

• loyalist

• boycott

a tariff charged by the government

• boycott

• taxation

• repeal

• loyalists