Lesson 1 Vocab.
To refuse to buy items in order to show disapproval or force acceptance of one's terms.
Boycott
Open defiance of authority.
Rebellion
During the Revolutionary Era, civilians sworn to be ready to fight with only one minute's notice?
Minutemen
A formal request.
Petition
Who was the first person to sign the Declaration of Independence?
A. Ben Franklin
B. John Adams
C. John Hancock
D. Thomas Jefferson
D. Thomas Jefferson
A mocking figure representing an unpopular individual.
Effigy
Ideas or information intentionally spread to cause harm or help a cause.
Propaganda
American colonist who remained loyal to Britain and opposed the war for independence.
Loyalist
The introduction to a formal document that often tells why the document was written.
Preamble
An official expression of opinion by a group.
Resolution
An organization that spread political ideas and information through the colonies.
Committee of Correspondence
American colonist who favored American independence.
Patriot
How many continents are there?
7
Incoming money from taxes or other sources.
Revenue
Paul Revere's engraving of which event was an example of propaganda that led to more intense anti-British feelings among the colonists?
A. Boston Massacre
B. Boston Tea Party
C. Intolerable Acts
D. Liberty Affair
A. Boston Massacre
Who, along with Paul Revere, warned Samuel Adams that the British were coming?
A. George Washington
B. John Adams
C. Thomas Gage
D. William Dawes
D. William Dawes
Which act taxed colonists without their consent?
A. Declaratory Act
B. Stamp Act
C. Sugar Act
D. Townshend Act
B. Stamp Act
Court document allowing customs officers to enter any location to search for smuggled goods.
Writ of Assistance
What was the dramatic act of defiance that some colonists celebrated?
A. Boston Massacre
B. Boston Tea Party.
C. Coercive Acts
D. Intolerable Acts.
B. Boston Tea Party
After winning which battle did the British learn that defeating the Americans would not be easy?
A. Battle of Boston
B. Battle of Bunker Hill
C. Battle of Concord
D. Battle of Lexington
B. Battle of Bunker Hill
Who was the first people killed in the Boston Massacre?
Crispus Attucks