Unit Five - Causes of the Revolutionary War - Vocab

Question 1

A law that required colonists to buy stamps to put on “important” documents (papers). Examples: wills, newspapers, playing cards, almanacs etc.

Answer 1

Stamp Act

Question 2

SECRET organization to protest British policies.

Answer 2

Sons of Liberty

Question 3

A triangular shaped blade affixed to the end of a musket. The triangular shape made a wound that was difficult to close.

Answer 3

Bayonet

Question 4

Placed taxes on some items brought into the colonies. Examples: paint, paper, and bricks of tea.

Answer 4

Townshend Acts

Question 5

A former slave who was killed in the Boston Massacre.

Answer 5

Crispus Attucks

Question 6

A Virginian citizen who gave us the famous quote: “Give me liberty or give me death!”

Answer 6

Patrick Henry

Question 7

One who goes against their country and/or defies people in authority.

Answer 7

Rebel

Question 8

The law making body of England’s government.

Answer 8

The English Parliament

Question 9

Part of the Intolerable Acts in which British soldiers were housed in Colonial homes.

Answer 9

Quartering Act

Question 10

The killing of unarmed (carrying no weapons) people.

Answer 10

Massacre

Question 11

Large weapons like cannons or mortars.

Answer 11

Artillery

Question 12

To erase or remove a law.

Answer 12

Repeal

Question 13

A sudden and complete change.

Answer 13

Revolution

Question 14

Famously stated: “Taxation without Representation is Tyranny!”

Answer 14

James Otis

Question 15

Sir Robert Walpole, Prime Minister of Great Britain, stated: “If no restrictions were placed on the colonies, they would flourish.” This unofficial British policy was in effect from 1607-1763. Since Britain did not assert its power over the colonies, the colonists were left to govern themselves.

Answer 15

Salutary Neglect

Question 16

Economic system that used the wealth of the colonies to make the mother country strong and powerful.

Answer 16

Mercantilism

Question 17

A person who is NOT in the military.

Answer 17

Civilian

Question 18

General search warrants where the government can look through a citizen’s personal property.

Answer 18

Writs of Assistance

Question 19

A leader of the Sons of Liberty. Organized the Boston Tea Party and is considered one of the Fathers of the American Revolution.

Answer 19

Samuel Adams

Question 20

Laws passed by Parliament to punish the colonists in Boston for the Boston Tea Party.

Answer 20

Intolerable Acts

Question 21

The CRIME of betraying or going against your country. This is called being a traitor. Example: Benedict Arnold is the best-known American traitor for going against the Patriots.

Answer 21

Treason

Question 22

To bring goods into or out of a country illegally.

Answer 22

Smuggling

Question 23

To close off an area entirely so that nothing can enter or leave.

Answer 23

Blockade

Question 24

Civilians under the complete control of the military.

Answer 24

Martial Law

Question 25

Native American that tried to drive the British out of the Ohio Country after the French and Indian War.

Answer 25

Chief Pontiac

Question 26

American colonist who remained on England’s side during the Revolution.

Answer 26

Tory (Loyalist)

Question 27

Money paid to the government in exchange for services. Services include: schools, roads, post offices, national parks, army, navy, NASA etc.

Answer 27

Tax

Question 28

British law that prevented settlers from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains. It allowed Pontiac’s Rebellion to quiet down.

Answer 28

Proclamation of 1763

Question 29

A person who wants extreme change.

Answer 29

Radical

Question 30

Boston lawyer that defended the British soldiers after the Boston Massacre. He became our country’s second President.

Answer 30

John Adams

Question 31

Laws that controlled trade between England and her colonies.

Answer 31

Navigation Acts

Question 32

One who fights for or loves his/her country.

Answer 32

Patriot

Question 33

The income a government collects from taxes.

Answer 33

Revenue

Question 34

Information designed to influence people’s thinking.

Answer 34

Propaganda

Question 35

Warned the minutemen that the British Redcoats were marching to Lexington, Massachusetts.

Answer 35

Paul Revere

Question 36

To refuse to buy or use a product to force a change.

Answer 36

Boycott