Revolutionary America Vocabulary

Colonists who wanted independence  from Great Britain were called what?

• Loyalists

• Patriots

• Minutemen

Group responsible for organizing protests in the colony, including the Boston Tea Party-

• Patriots

• Loyalists

• Sons of Liberty

Colonists who stayed loyal to and didn't want to separate from Great Britain were called what?

• Loyalists

• Patriots

• Militia

What was the landform that became the western boundary of the British American colonies with the Proclamation  of 1763?

• Rocky Mountains

• Mississippi River

• Appalachian Mountains

Money paid to the government by people and businesses are known as what?

• Taxes

• Treaties

• Blockades

• Payments

When people purposely are NOT buying goods (things) or using services (ex. getting a haircut) to make a point it is known as

• Blockade

• Taxes

• Boycott

A measure passed in 1773 that gave the East India Company the right to be the only tea merchant in the colonies.

• Stamp Act

• Townshend Acts

• Tea Act

A conflict that resulted in the death of 5 colonists.

• Battles of Lexington and Concord

• Boston Massacre

• Townshend Acts

Events that officially started the Revolutionary War.

• Battles of Lexington and Concord

• Boston Massacre

• Townshend Acts

A series of taxes on items such as paper, glass, paint, tea, and lead.

• Stamp Act

• Townshend Acts

• Tea Act