I Survived the American Revolution Vocabulary

Areas that have been settled my people from another country

• native peoples

• colonist

• colonies

• wilderness

A drastic change in the way something is done

• revolution

• colonize

• militia

• ferried

Not controlled by other people or things

• militia

• loyalist

• independent

• enslaved

A long type of gun used by soliders from the 1500s to the 1800s

• bayonet

• musket

• militia

• loyalist

A document declaring the freedom of the 13 colonies from Bristish rule

• U.S. Constitution

• Treaty of Britain

• Loyalist Papers

• Declaration of Independence

Carried from one place to another (such as by boat)

• ferried

• taxied

• militarize

• enslaved

A military unit made up of two or more large groups of soldiers

• militia

• regiment

• battalion

• colonists

A person who lives in a colony or helps create a colony

• loyalist

• patriot

• colonist

• natives

A large area of land

• territory

• wilderness

• colony

• state

A piece of writing in which a person describes their past experiences

• autobiography

• historical fiction

• memoir

• narrative