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50 wordsin connection withThe American Revolution
The belief that measures should be taken to end slavery
Vladimir Horowitz, 1903-1989The Stars and Stripes
Abolitionism
A system in which one personusually a king or queenrules without any kind of restrictions on his or her actions
Absolutism
Loyalty to king, country, or a cause
Allegiance
An agreement among the thirteen original states, approved in 1781, that provided a loose form of government before the present Constitution went into effect in 1789
Articles of Confederation
One of the names used by the colonies for their lawmaking bodies
Assemblies
A encounter between British troops and townspeople in Boston in 1770, before the Revolutionary Wa.r The British fired into a crowd and five Americans were killed
Boston Tea Party
A refusal to buy, sell, or use certain products from a particular company or country, usually for a political reason
Boycott
An old term for members of the British Parliament; the lawmaking body of colonial Virginia called itself the House of Burgesses
Burgesses
The British name for the Intolerable Acts
Coercive Acts
The extension of the power of a nation beyond its own borders
Colonialism
Territories that are settled by emigrants from a distant land that remain subject to or closely connected with the parent country
Colonies
A group of states united for a common purpose
Confederation
People who wish to preserve society's existing institutions
Conservatives
The army of American colonists formed during the American Revolution
Continental army
An assembly of delegates from the American colonies (later states) that governed before and during the Revolutionary War and under the Articles of Confederation
Continental Congress
The document establishing the United States as a nation, adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776
Declaration of Independence
A system of government in which power belongs to the people, who rule either directly or through freely elected representatives
Democracy
Taxes on imported or exported goods
Duties
One who supports a strong central government instead of a loose organization of states
Federalist
A general name for male American patriots during the Revolutionary War, especially the signers of the Declaration of Independence and the drafters of the Constitution
Founding Fathers
A series of military battles between Great Britain and France (and France's Native American allies) that took place on the American frontier and in Canada between 1754 and 1763
French and Indian War
An event lasting from 1789 to 1799 that ended the thousand-year rule of kings in France and established France as a republic
French Revolution
German soldiers hired by King George III to fight for the British during the American Revolution. Many came from Hesse-Cassel, and, as a result, all German soldiers were called like that
Hessians
Four laws passed by the British government in 1774 to punish Boston for the Boston Tea Party
Intolerable Acts
Colonists who remained loyal to England during the Revolution; also known as Tories
Loyalists
Soldiers for hire
Mercenaries
A military force consisting of citizens rather than professional soldiers
Militia
Armed American citizens (nonmilitary) who promised to be ready to fight alongside regular soldiers at a moment's notice
Minutemen
Rule by a king or queen
Monarchy
A type of shoulder gun that shoots bullets resembling balls
Musket
Not committed to either side of an issue
Neutral
The region in the northeastern United States that includes present-day Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. The name was probably given by English explorer John Smith, one of the original settlers of Jamestown, Virginia (1607), because the region resembled the coast of England
New England
A European term for North and South America
New World
A person who loves, supports, and defends his country
Patriot
A formal document making a request
Petition
A sailor on a privately owned ship who is authorized by the government to attack and capture enemy vessels
Privateer
Biased or distorted information spread by persons who wish to present only their point of view and thus further their own cause
Propaganda
A member of the Religious Society of Friends, which oppose all violence and warfare
Quaker
A person who favors revolutionary changes in a nation's political structure
Radical
A person who resists or defies ruling authority
Rebel
British soldiers, who wore red uniforms
Redcoats
A sudden political overthrow; a forcible substitution of rulers
Revolution
The conflict lasting from 1775 to 1783 in which American colonists gained independence from British rule
Revolutionary War
Acts or language leading to rebellion
Sedition
A law passed by the British government in 1765 that required the payment of a tax to Great Britain on papers and documents produced in the colonies
Stamp Act
The colonies that made up the original United States upon the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776: Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, and Virginia
Thirteen Colonies
Colonists who remained loyal to England during the Revolution; also called Loyalists
Tories
Laws passed by the British government in 1767. They included a Quartering Act, which ordered the colonies to house British troops, and a Revenue Act, which called for taxes on lead, glass, paint, tea, and other items
Townshend Acts
Betrayal of king and country
Treason
Absolute power, especially power exercised cruelly or unjustly
Tyranny
Once a nickname for people from the New England colonies, the word is now applied to anyone from the United States
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