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Social Studies
American Revolutionary War Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Parliament | The British Government |
Taxation without Representation | a phrase that was used by the colonies to express their frustration about being taxed without a say in Parliament |
Boycott | to refuse to do business with (or buy a product from) a person, group or country |
Rebels | nickname given to colonists who supported independence from Britain |
Continental Congress | a group of colonists who met in Philadelphia in 1775 to discuss how to deal with Great |
Lobsterbacks/Redcoats | nickname for British soldiers based on their red uniforms |
grievances | a complaint |
Authorized | approved by someone (ok'd) |
Patriot | A colonist who opposed British rule |
Loyalists | a colonist who remained loyal to Britian |
revolution | a war in which people in a country or colony try to change the government |
Minutemen | well trained volunteer soldiers who defended the American colonies against the British at a minutes' notice |
Declaration of Independence | a document written by Thomas Jefferson in 1776 explaining why the 13 colonies should be free of British rule. |
Continentals | refers to colonists who wanted independence |
repealed | to do away with |
pleas | a call for help |