Revolution Vocabulary

A 1775 declaration by Virginia's royal governor, Lord Dunmore, that offered freedom to enslaved people who joined the British army in their fight against the American colonists​ (a)  

• Dunmore's Proclamation
• George Washington
• Declaration of Independence
• Treaty of Paris

The commander of the Continental Army during the American Revolution and the first President of the United States.

• George Washington

• Nathanial Hale

• Benedict Arnold

• General Cornwallis

A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1776 that argued for American independence​ (a)  

• Common Sense
• Treaty of Paris
• Dunmore's Proclamation
• Declaration of Independence
• Paine's Pamphlet

The document adopted on July 4, 1776, that declared the thirteen American colonies as independent states, free from British rule, outlined government by consent.

• Declaration of Independence

• Declaration of Rights and Sentiments

• Declaration of Freedoms

• Dunmore's Declaration

The​ (a)   is an intellectual movement in the 18th century that emphasized reason, individualism, and skepticism of traditional authority. Influenced American Revolution.

• Enlightenment
• Renaissance
• Romanticism
• Baroque
• Natural Rights

The idea that people are born with certain inherent rights, like life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, which governments are created to protect.

• Natural Rights

• Natural Liberties

• Enlightenment

• Freedom Proclamation

Delegates from the 13 colonies that governed during the American Revolution, coordinating the colonial resistance against the British.​ (a)  

• Continental Congress
• Continental Army
• French and Indian Forces
• Confederacy

A colonist who wanted independence from Britain and supported the revolutionary cause.

• Patriot

• Loyalist

• Fence-Sitter

• Yankee

A colonist who remained loyal to the British Crown during the American Revolution, often opposing the revolutionaries.​ (a)  

• Loyalist
• Patriot
• Fence-Sitters
• Yankees

Made up of ordinary men, the (a)   was the main colonial defense. Men served part time.

• militia
• army
• confederacy
• Union
• Navy