American Revolution Events

What is the definition of resolution?

• To prevent or forbid

• to cancel a law

• a mocking figure representing an unpopular individual.

• An official expression of an opinion by a group.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

What is the definition of effigy?

• A type of food.

• A type of bird.

• A mocking representation or image, especially of a person, often in the form of a sculpture or dummy.

• A type of flower.

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is the definition of boycott?

• A boycott is a voluntary refusal to engage in a particular activity or purchase goods or services from a particular company or country as a form of protest or to exert pressure for change.

• A boycott is a legal requirement to engage in a particular activity or purchase goods or services from a particular company or country as a form of protest or to exert pressure for change.

• A boycott is a form of support for a particular activity or purchase goods or services from a particular company or country as a form of protest or to exert pressure for change.

• A boycott is a mandatory requirement to engage in a particular activity or purchase goods or services from a particular company or country as a form of protest or to exert pressure for change.

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CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

What is the definition of repeal?

• The act of revoking or annulling a law or regulation. In other words, to cancel a law.

• The act of amending a law or regulation.

• The act of enforcing a law or regulation.

• The act of creating a law or regulation.

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CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

What is the definition of prohibit?

• Promote or facilitate something from happening or being done.

• Forbid or prevent something from happening or being done.

• Allow or encourage something to happen or be done.

• Support or endorse something from happening or being done.

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is the definition of revenue?

• Total income generated by a company from its normal business activities. Parliament generated revenue by taxing the colonies.

• The value of a company's assets minus its liabilities.

• The amount of money a company owes to its creditors.

• Total expenses incurred by a company from its normal business activities.

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is the definition of writs of assistance?

• Legal documents that allowed British customs officials to send colonists back to Europe.

• Legal documents that allowed British customs officials to tax the colonists for smuggling goods.

• Legal documents that allowed British customs officials to arrest any suspect for smuggled goods

• Legal documents that allowed British customs officials to search any location for smuggled goods

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CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

Which event of the American Revolution involved the creation of effigies?

• Signing of the Declaration of Independence

• Boston Tea Party

• Battle of Lexington and Concord

• Treaty of Paris

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Which event of the American Revolution involved a boycott?

• Boston Tea Party

• Treaty of Paris

• Signing of the Declaration of Independence

• Battle of Lexington

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9