CMS - 8th Grade History - Chapters 3-4

Mrs. Ross (United States of America)
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  1. Minuteman
    an American army volunteer during the American Revolution
  2. redcoat
    British soldier; so-called because of his red coat
  3. Continental Congress
    the legislative assembly composed of delegates from the rebel colonies who met during and after the American Revolution; they issued the Declaration of Independence and framed Articles of Confederation
  4. Continental Army
    the American army during the American Revolution
  5. George Washington
    1st President of the United States
  6. battle of Bunker Hill
    the first important battle of the American War of Independence (1775) which was fought at Breed's Hill; the British defeated the colonial forces
  7. Thomas Paine
    American Revolutionary leader and pamphleteer (born in England) who supported the American colonist's fight for independence and supported the French Revolution (1737-1809)
  8. Declaration of Independence
    the document recording the proclamation of the second Continental Congress (4 July 1776) asserting the independence of the Colonies from Great Britain
  9. Thomas Jefferson
    3rd President of the United States
  10. loyalist
    a person who is faithful to a country, party, or cause
  11. patriot
    one who loves and defends his or her country
  12. mercenary
    a person hired to fight for another country than their own
  13. battle of Saratoga
    a battle during the American Revolution
  14. Marquis de Lafayette
    French soldier who served under George Washington in the American Revolution (1757-1834)
  15. John Paul Jones
    American naval commander in the American Revolution
  16. Comte de Rochambeau
    French general who commanded French troops in the American Revolution, notably at Yorktown (1725-1807)
  17. Yorktown
    in 1781 the British under Cornwallis surrendered after a siege of three weeks by American and French troops; the surrender ended the American Revolution
  18. reaction
    an idea evoked by some experience
  19. strategy
    an elaborate and systematic plan of action
  20. Jamestown
    a former village on the James River in Virginia to the north of Norfolk; site of the first permanent English settlement in America in 1607
  21. John Smith
    English explorer who helped found the colony at Jamestown, Virginia; was said to have been saved by Pocahontas (1580-1631)
  22. Pocahontas
    a Powhatan woman (the daughter of Powhatan) who befriended the English at Jamestown and is said to have saved Captain John Smith's life (1595-1617)
  23. indentured
    bound or forced to work by contract
  24. puritan
    someone who adheres to strict religious principles
  25. pilgrim
    someone who journeys in foreign lands
  26. immigrant
    a person who comes to a country in order to settle there
  27. Mayflower
    the ship in which the Pilgrim Fathers sailed from England to Massachusetts in 1620
  28. Anne Hutchinson
    American colonist (born in England) who was banished from Boston for her religious views (1591-1643)
  29. Peter Stuyvesant
    the last Dutch colonial administrator of New Netherland
  30. Quakers
    a Christian sect founded by George Fox about 1660
  31. William Penn
    Englishman and Quaker who founded the colony of Pennsylvania
  32. town meeting
    a meeting of the inhabitants of a town
  33. Jonathan Edwards
    American theologian whose sermons and writings stimulated a period of renewed interest in religion in America (1703-1758)
  34. enlightenment
    education that results in the spread of knowledge
  35. John Locke
    English empiricist philosopher who believed that all knowledge is derived from sensory experience (1632-1704)
  36. Pontiac
    famous chief of the Ottawa who led an unsuccessful rebellion against the British (1715-1769)
  37. Samuel Adams
    American Revolutionary leader and patriot
  38. Stamp Act
    an act passed by the British Parliament in 1756 that raised revenue from the American Colonies by a duty in the form of a stamp required on all newspapers and legal or commercial documents; opposition by the Colonies resulted in the repeal of the act in 1766
  39. Boston Tea Party
    demonstration (1773) by citizens of Boston who (disguised as Native Americans) raided three British ships in Boston harbor and dumped hundreds of chests of tea into the harbor; organized as a protest against taxes on tea
  40. authority
    the power or right to give orders or make decisions
  41. factor
    anything that contributes causally to a result
Created on 十一月 7, 2013 (updated 十一月 7, 2013)

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