Unit 1 Vocab

Tax...

• Non-professional soldiers

• Money that people have to pay to the government

• To owe money

• Makes laws for people that must be followed

Debt...

• To owe money

• People who settled in a new colony or moves into a new country

• A place between the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers that both Britain and France claimed to own

• A country or area under control of another country that is far away

Government...

• Non-professional soldiers

• To owe money

• People who settled in a new colony or moves into a new country

• Makes laws for people that must be followed

Militia...

• Territories that were created by groups of people who came from Britain to North America in the early 1800’s

• Money that people have to pay to the government

• Non-professional soldiers, or citizens who may act as soldiers during a time of need

• To owe money

Colonists...

• People who settled in a new colony or moves into a new country

• To owe money

• A document, art work, or an object that informs us about history

• Non-professional soldiers

Colonies...

• People who settled in a new colony or moves into a new country

• A war that took place in North America. The French and Indians worked together to battle the British, who had help from the colonists

• Territories that were created by groups of people who came from Britain to North America in the early 1800’s

• To owe money

French and Indian War...

• Non-professional soldiers

• A war that took place in North America. The French and Indians worked together to battle the British, who had help from the colonists

• Territories that were created by groups of people who came from Britain to North America in the early 1800’s

• People who settled in a new colony or moves into a new country

Loyalist...

• American colonists who believed the colonies had the right to govern themselves

• Territories that were created by groups of people who came from Britain to North America in the early 1800’s

• American colonists who stayed loyal to Britain during the American Revolution

• Non-professional soldiers

Patriot...

• A soldier who fought for Great Britain during the Revolutionary War

• Non-professional soldier

• A place between the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers that both Britain and France claimed to own

• American colonists who believed the colonies had the right to govern themselves

British soldier...

• A soldier who fought for Great Britain during the Revolutionary War

• Non-professional soldier

• To owe money

• American colonists who believed the colonies had the right to govern themselves