American Revolution Vocabulary

A nation that works with another nation for a common purpose

• ally

• friend

• enemy

• partner

The shutting of a port to keep people or supplies from moving in or out

• cancel

• blockade

• boycott

• siege

To refuse to buy or use certain goods or services

• siege

• prohibit

• boycott

• traitor

The refusal to obey unjust laws using nonviolent means

• siege

• boycott

• blockade

• civil disobedience

A letter writing campaign that became a major tool of protest in the colonies

• committee of correspondence

• ally

• militia

• petition

The army of the Thirteen Colonies and the Revolutionary-era United States

• guerrilla warfare

• Continental Army

• minutemen

• Patriots

A war that took place from 1754-1763 that led to the end of French power in North America

• The Civil War

• Revolutionary War

• French and Indian War

• The French Revolution

A type of warfare in which small, informal military groups use surprise attacks and hit-and-run tactics

• siege

• mercenary

• total war

• guerrilla warfare

A colonist who remained loyal to Britain

• Loyalist

• Patriot

• Englishman

• Traitor

A soldier who fights for pay, often for a foreign country

• militiaman

• mercenary

• Continental soldier

• sniper