American Revolution vocabulary #3

Declaration of Independence

• The formal statement that declared the United States free and independent of control by Great Britain. It was written but Thomas Jefferson and adopted by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776.

Delegate

• A person authorized or sent as a representative of others, such as the délicates to the Second Continental Congress.

Diplomacy

• The artful handling of international relations, a skill necessary to negotiate a successful treaty.

Indentured Sevrvant

• A person, who in exchange for free passage to the American Colonies, worked for a master for a period of from four to seven years. Many Americans came to the British Colonies as indentured servent.

Loyalist/Tory

• An American who did not support Revolution against Great Britain and was loyal to the king, George III. Approximately one third of all American Colonists during the Revolution were Loyalists.

Traitor

• A person who betrays his country such as Benedict Arnold during the Revolutionary war.

Tricorn

• Three sided hat both civilian and military fashion during the Colonial and Revolutionary Eras.

Tyranny

• An oppressive and unjust government ruled by a tyrant. Or absolute ruler. Americans believed that the British Government was a tyranny.

Yankee

• Slang term used to describe a person from New England. Later this term was used to describe an inhabitant of the United States.

American Revolution Quotes

Declaration of Independence

Declaration of Independence

Nathan Hale

Thomas Paine

George Washington