YANKEE
TO GIVE UP LIFE OR PROPERTY IN ORDER TO SAVE SOMETHING
WHAT IS SACRIFICE?
THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE INCREASED INTO 13 COLONIES.
WHAT IS POPULATION?
PEOPLE FROM THE OLD WORLD SETTLED IN THE NEW WORLD IN SMALL TOWNS.
WHAT ARE COLONIES?
THE COLONISTS AND THE BRITISH WERE ADVERSARIES AS THEY DID NOT HAVE THE SAME BELIEFS.
WHAT ARE ADVERSARIES?
THE SOLDIERS WERE PART OF A GROUP THAT LIVED AND FOUGHT TOGETHER.
WHAT IS A REGIMENT?
IN THE BEGINNING THE COLONISTS HAD FARMERS AND WORKERS FIGHTING THE BRITISH.
WHAT IS THE MILITIA?
THE COLONISTS DID NOT LIKE TO BE TAXED .
WHAT IS RESENTED?
THE FRENCH WERE FRIENDS WITH THE COLONISTS AND HELPED THEM.
WHAT ARE ALLIES?
THE COLONISTS WERE PUNISHED FOR NOT PAYING THE TAXES.
WHAT ARE REPERCUSSIONS?
THE COLONISTS DECIDED THAT THEY WANTED INDEPENDENCE FROM THE BRITISH AND SO THEY PROTESTED.
WHAT IS A REBELLION?