The Spirit of Independence Vocabulary quiz

The money that was collected by taxing the colonists was called...

• imports

• exports

• revenue

• debt

Which phrase became popular after passage of the Stamp Act?

• “The rights of Englishmen”
• “Give me liberty or give me death”
• “Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”
• “No taxation without representation“

What is a refusal to buy goods called?

• congress
• repeal
• boycott
• bankrupt

This is another name for a colonist who wanted to break away from the British.

• A Loyalist
• A Patriot
• A Redcoat
• A Monarchy

Every newspaper, pamphlet, & any other legal document written on paper required a tax for an official stamp.

• Stamp Act
• Tea Act
• Coercive Acts

Effigies are rag figures representing an unpopular individual.

• True
• False

Colonial leaders used the Boston Massacre killings as

• a call to war.
• a reason to tax Great Britain.
• propaganda.
• a reason to trust the British.

The civilian soldiers that could be ready to fight in a moment's notice were called 

• Redcoats.
• minutemen.
• Loyalists.
• regulars.

_________an official expression of opinion by a group

• Resolution

• approach

• Law

to cancel an act or law

• repeal

• resolution

• debate

• Patriot