3078719583 | alliance | friends in wartime | 0 | |
3078724733 | boycott | to refuse to buy | 1 | |
3078727971 | Committees of Correspondence | group led by Sam Adams to spread information among the colonies | 2 | |
3078729648 | Continental Congress | governing body of the Colonies | 3 | |
3078731061 | effigy | rag figure representing someone, usually a tax collector or someone despised | 4 | |
3078734883 | enlist | to join the army | 5 | |
3078737791 | grievances | complaints against someone or a government | 6 | |
3078739450 | guerilla warfare | hit and run tactics used during war | 7 | |
3078741201 | Loyalists | individuals staying with the King, remaining loyal | 8 | |
3078745005 | mercenary | a hired gun, usually for war | 9 | |
3078746254 | militia | colonies' volunteer army | 10 | |
3078747735 | minutemen | colonial citizens ready to fight in a moment's notice | 11 | |
3078749817 | monopoly | having full control of a trade | 12 | |
3078751399 | Neutralists | individuals not taking sides in an argument | 13 | |
3078753506 | Parliament | England's governing body | 14 | |
3078755025 | Patriot | those wanting to break away from England's rule | 15 | |
3078756700 | petition | a written request | 16 | |
3078758893 | Pontiac's Rebellion | uprising led by Chief Pontiac of the Ottawa nation against the Englishmen wanting to settle in the Ohio River Valley region | 17 | |
3078761834 | privateer | privately owned boats that were armed with guns/weapons to be used during war | 18 | |
3078764319 | Proclamation of 1763 | set by King George III to protect the Colonists in the ORV. Couldn't move west of the Appalachian Mountains and sent 10,000 British soldiers there to protect the colonists | 19 | |
3078769819 | quarter | to house soldiers | 20 | |
3078770760 | ratify | to approve a rule/document/treaty | 21 | |
3078771842 | repeal | to take away a law, etc | 22 | |
3078771843 | smallpox | a deadly disease | 23 | |
3078773437 | tarriff | "Duty", another name for tax | 24 | |
3078776904 | traitor | someone who betrays his country, guilty of treason | 25 | |
3078778751 | treason | to give away government secrets to the enemy | 26 | |
3078780177 | treaty | an agreement, usually signed after war | 27 | |
3078781994 | tyranny | harsh rule by a leader | 28 | |
3078783427 | Independence | the IDEA of having freedom to make choices, govern, etc | 29 | |
3078784894 | inflation | the cost of items goes high while the value of the dollar drops | 30 | |
3078786793 | perspective | a viewpoint | 31 | |
3078788129 | propaganda | a bias or slanted view about an action, event, etc | 32 | |
3078790424 | Treaty of Paris 1763 | British got lands E of Mississippi River; Spanish got lands W of the Mississippi River, French got island | 33 | |
3078826324 | Albany Congress | Albany Plan of Union designed by Ben Franklin in order to get the colonies to work together to fight the French | 34 | |
3078918863 | blockade | to surround an area so no supplies get in or out | 35 |
Pre-Revolutionary War Definitions Flashcards
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