Pre-Revolutionary War Definitions Flashcards
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| 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 |