American Revolution Vocabulary

Groups of Patriots who worked to oppose British rule before the American Revolution.

This act required colonists to provide food and shelter for British soldiers.

War strategy where people/civilians use the land as an advantage against an organized army.

Volunteer armies are called...

This act was a tax placed on sugar to repay for the French and Indian War.

Document written mostly by Thomas Jefferson declaring the 13 Colonies independent

Colonial militia groups that could be ready to fight in a moments notice.

Laws passed by Parliament to punish the colonists after the Boston Tea Party

Group of colonists (Patriots) who wrote letters and spread news through colonies

Law passed that allowed only the East India Tea Company to sell tea to the 13 Colonies

When a group of people come together to show that they have a strong belief about an idea.

A tax on imported goods is called...

Groups of American women Patriots who wove cloth to replace boycotted British goods.

American colonists who opposed British rule.

Britain's law-making assembly is called...

What does it mean to REPEAL something?

Act passed by Parliament in 1767 that taxed goods imported by the 13 Colonies from Britain.

This act was passed by Parliament in 1765 that taxed printed materials in the 13 Colonies.

An organized refusal to buy good is called...

A person against his or her own country

Colonists who remained loyal to the British during the American Revolution.

One of the nicknames given to British soldiers because of the uniforms they wore