Chapter 11&12 Vocabulary

Founding Fathers

• the group of leaders who helped to establish the new American nation

• a body of mostly untrained part-time soldiers

• the state of having the same rights and privileges as others

• a ruler who uses his power harshly

Militia

• not taking sides

• a body of mostly untrained part-time soldiers

• a ruler who uses his power harshly

• the crime of acting to overthrow your ruler or betray your country

Declaration of Independence

• the document that announced that the American colonies were breaking away from Great Britain

• a Patriot volunteer who was paid and trained to be ready to fight in a minute’s notice

• separation from, or freedom of control by, another country or government

• people in the American colonies who opposed independence

Minuteman

• people in the American colonies who opposed independence

• a Patriot volunteer who was paid and trained to be ready to fight in a minute’s notice

• the crime of acting to overthrow your ruler or betray your country

• a statement that expresses the wishes or decisions of a group

Equality

• the state of having the same rights and privileges as others

• separation from, or freedom of control by, another country or government

• a ruler who uses his power harshly

• people in the American colonies who opposed independence

Second Continental Congress

• the crime of acting to overthrow your ruler or betray your country

• a body of mostly untrained part-time soldiers

• the group of leaders who helped to establish the new American nation

• the meeting of delegates from the American colonies that began in Philadelphia in 1775

Independence

• not taking sides

• the state of having the same rights and privileges as others

• a ruler who uses his power harshly

• separation from, or freedom of control by, another country or government

Loyalists

• people in the American colonies who opposed independence

• the state of having the same rights and privileges as others

• the group of leaders who helped to establish the new American nation

• the state of having the same rights and privileges as others

Patriots

• people in the American colonies who opposed independence

• a body of mostly untrained part-time soldiers

• people in the American colonies who wanted the colonies to become independent

• not taking sides

Tyrant

• separation from, or freedom of control by, another country or government

• a ruler who uses his power harshly

• a statement that expresses the wishes or decisions of a group

• the crime of acting to overthrow your ruler or betray your country