American Revolution vocab quiz review game

act of providing a place to sleep/live (to British soldiers)

the crime of betraying your country; considered a traitor

person with debt coming to the colonies under the agreement that they would work to pay their debt back (about 4-7 yrs)

Which event was a meeting of delegates to discuss problems, including the Intolerable Acts and boycotting British goods?

a meeting place that offered food, drink, and lodging; often colonial news was shared here

country/area under the control of another country

...closed Boston Harbor, allowed no meetings without permission, tried colonists in England & controlled Massachusetts?

What is the word for "a surprise attack in combat?"

a man belonging to a high social or political class, usually wealthy

refusing to buy goods as a form of protest

to be free of government control

an ordinary citizen who is not in the military

to be loyal to your country

Which event kept the tax on tea but dropped other taxes? The colonists dressed up and dumped tea into the harbor.

Money paid by people, which was used to run their country

slang term for British soldiers wearing red

action of ending or stopping a law or act

"A group of people who often used violence to protest and boycott British laws" are the Sons of Liberty.

citizens of the United Kingdom (also called Great Britain)

...A result of more taxes being given to the colonists where 5 colonists died and 6 were wounded.

The Proclamation of 1763 was a law that said colonists couldn't move west of the App. mtns.

group of states/countries under a single ruler or government

an American who did not support the revolution against Great Britain and was loyal to King George III.

Which event was created to pay back war debt and tax colonists on all paper products?

an American during the war who supported the revolution

What is the word for "the government of Great Britain?"