Somebody who is being trained by a skilled professional in an art, a craft, or a trade. In colonial trades, this person learned from, and worked for, the master.
What is an apprentice?
100
To bring something in from another country, usually for trade.
What is to Import?
100
A regular meeting place for Patriots to express their viewpoints and protest the British interference in the colonies.
What is the Liberty Tree?
100
This was a bloody costly war (1756-1763) between England and France. Part of the war was fought in North America, where both countries claimed land. The fighting occurred on the northern and western frontiers (the parts of the English territory that bordered or overlapped the French territory). In North America, the war became known as the French and Indian War.
What is the Seven Years' War?
100
Laws passed by the British Parliament in June 1767. They placed a tax on common products imported to America such as lead, paper, paint, glass, and tea.
What is Townshend Acts?
200
A proud supporter of the American cause: at first, this meant freedom from what were considered unfair British laws. Later on, it also meant a person who was in favor of American independence from the British Empire.
What is a Patriot?
200
Something made or grown in one country that is sent to another country for sale.
What is an Export?
200
A printed poster or public announcement, designed to catch a reader’s attention and declare the latest news, government proclamations, public service announcements, opinions or advertisements.
What is Broadside?
200
A person who presses type and ink onto paper. In colonial shops this person often wrote, edited, and published newspapers and pamphlets.
What is a Printer?
200
A small, inexpensive woodwind instrument, also known as a tin whistle.
What is a Pennywhistle?
300
Someone who buys and sells goods, especially in large quantities. These people shipped goods to and from other colonies, to England and to Europe and Africa. They were often among the wealthiest and most respected colonists.
What is a merchant?
300
any person who is loyal to his or her king. In the dozen or so years leading up to the Revolutionary War, a Loyalist was a person who continued to support King George III and
his policies in the American colonies.
What is a Loyalist?
300
One who suffers or sacrifices something of great value – often one’s own life – for refusing to renounce a belief or standing up for one’s principles.
What is a Martyr?
300
cloth that is made at home by spinning thread on a wheel and then weaving that thread into cloth on a loom.
What is Homespun?
300
The King of Great Britain from 1760 to 1820. Imposed many different taxes on American colonies in an effort to pay for military efforts in North America and elsewhere.
Who is King George III?
400
A nickname for a British soldier serving in America, so named because of the color of the coat he wore.
What is "Redcoat?"
400
To refuse to deal with a process, an
organization or a company as a form or expression of protest against it. Usually, there is a group of people who agree to boycott rather than just
one person.
What is to boycott?
400
Printed leaflet or booklet, often containing political, philosophical or religious arguments, essays, and commentaries on current events.
What is Pamphlet?
400
To complain about or object to something.
What is to protest?
400
A political group that originated in Boston following the Stamp Act in 1765, made up of Patriot men that resisted Crown laws.
What is Sons of Liberty?
500
A system based on using enforced labor and regarding those laborers as property. This institution has existed in many different societies and time periods. In the British colonies and later the U.S. these enslaved workers faced harsh treatment and no rights.
What is Slavery?
500
A dummy, often crudely made, that
is supposed to represent a real person who is disliked.
What is a Effigy?
500
Gathering of people, usually women, to encourage the production of yarn as opposed to importation.
What is a Spinning Bee?
500
Monies that a government makes its
citizens pay.
What is Taxes?
500
1765- established by Parliament, imposed a tax on all public and legal documents including permits, contracts, newspapers, wills, pamphlets, and even playing cards.