| A | B |
| Patriots | colonists who rejected British rule over the colonies |
| Loyalists | colonists who supported the crown/king of England |
| marginalized | a person or group treated as insignificant or peripheral |
| enslaved Africans | African people held as property and forced to engage in unpaid labor |
| Native Americans | the indigenous peoples of North America |
| social impacts | the effect on people and communities because of an event (ie: the Revolution) |
| economic impacts | the financial impact that something (ie: Revolution) has on people and communities |
| labor systems | the way in which work is arranged and carried out within a society |
| Articles of Confederation | the first governing document established after declaring independence. |
| gender roles | socially accepted behaviors and attitudes deemed appropriate for individuals based on their sex |
| republican ideals | beliefs and principals emphasizing the importance of a republic, where power resides with the people and their elected representatives. |
| republican motherhood | the belief that women should raise their sons to uphold ideals of republicanism |
| revolution | forcible overthrow of a government to establish a new system |
| revolutionary | a person who engages in a political revolution or causing a complete or dramatic change |
| Haitian Revolution | revolution of enslaved Africans against French colonial rule in Haiti, lasting from 1791 until 1804 |
| French Revolution | a period of widespread political and societal change in France, lasting from 1789 - 1799 |