American Revolution Vocabulary
Professional soldiers belonging to a standing army, the British wore red and were called "redcoats".
Who were regulars?
Wills, contracts, playing cards, diplomas, newspapers were taxed by this.
What was the Stamp Act?
Deliberate spread of information (at this time through printing presses, that was the source of media in the late 18th century) that includes half-truths, or lies to manipulate public behavior. This was used by Patriots with regard to how the "Boston Massacre" was named.
What is propaganda?
The slogan that summarized why many colonists were unhappy with Parliament for this policy.
What was taxation without representation?
American colonists who rebelled against British rule.
Who were Patriots?
The most popular drink in England and the colonies was this - originating in China, and the British wanted colonists to only buy it from their merchants.
What was tea?
A military made up of ordinary citizens, rather than full time soldiers, this was what existed in the American British colonies, typically when the colonists fought Native groups.
What were militias?
Colonists were unhappy with British regulars occupying cities, especially in Boston where a drunken snowball fight and Redcoats went wrong.
What was the Boston Massacre?
Freedom.
What is liberty?
One of the major actions of the Stamp Act Congress was to do this.
What was to boycott British goods?
A soldier who fights for pay/profit, not for a their personal country, kingdom, or cause.
Who is a mercenary?
Parliament's response to the Boston Tea Party was to pass these act, renamed the Intolerable Acts by American colonists.
What were the Coercive Acts?
American colonists who remained loyal to the British government, they were also called Tories.
Who were Loyalists?
Patriot group that were responsible for boycotts and the Boston Tea Party.
Who were the Sons of Liberty?
A political leader who has power over a larger group.
Who is a sovereign?
Women who were patriots organized boycotts of British products.
Who were the Daughters of Liberty?
Rulers who exercise absolute power to be oppressive and cruel. This was what Patriots accused King George III and Parliament of.
What is tyranny?
Colonists were very angry about the Proclamation of 1763 for this reason.
What was it told them that they could not move west of the Appalachian Mountains?