| anticolonial |
combined form of colonial. |
| Boston Tea Party |
a protest by colonial Americans against the British tax on imported tea in which colonists disguised as Indians boarded ships in Boston Harbor and dumped several hundred chests of tea overboard on the night of December 16, 1773. |
| colonial |
(cap.) of or pertaining to the architectural and decorative styles associated with the colonial period of the United States. [1/5 definitions] |
| dame school |
an informal school common to Colonial New England in which rudimentary educational and social skills were taught to children by a woman in her home. [1/2 definitions] |
| decolonize |
to set free (a colony or colonies) from colonial rule. |
| Early American |
of or characteristic of the colonial and post-colonial periods of U.S. history, esp. of the furniture, utensils, quilts, and other handicrafts produced during this time. |
| General Court |
in colonial New England, a local assembly that had both legislative and judicial powers. [1/2 definitions] |
| House of Burgesses |
formerly, the assembly of legislative representatives in colonial Virginia. |
| intercolonial |
combined form of colonial. |
| memsahib |
formerly, a title applied to a European woman by servants in colonial India; madam. [1/2 definitions] |
| postcolonial |
combined form of colonial. |
| precolonial |
combined form of colonial. |
| redcoat |
a British soldier in colonial America, esp. during the American Revolution. |
| shilling |
a coin formerly in circulation in England and colonial America. Its value was was equal to one-twentieth of a pound. [1/3 definitions] |
| Spanish Main |
the Caribbean Sea, or the part traveled by Spanish merchant ships in colonial times. [1/2 definitions] |
| stolon |
a stemlike structure of certain colonial organisms from which new individuals bud. [1/2 definitions] |
| Tory |
during the American Revolution, an American who favored the continuation of colonial rule by the British or who favored the establishment of a monarchy. [1/4 definitions] |