SS Vocabulary Quiz # 3

Sent by the governor of Virginia to build a fort where the Ohio River forms.

• George Washington

• Sam Adams

• mercenaries

• minutemen

Shutting off a port or roadway to prevent people or supplies from coming into or leaving an area.

• ceded

• militia

• monopoly

• petition

• blockaded

Agreement between nations or groups to help and support one another.

• militia

• alliance

• ceded

• monopoly

• petition

Citizen soldiers/colonial militia volunteer who was prepared to fight at a minute's notice.

• minutemen

• ceded

• petition

• monopoly

• militia

Company that controls all or nearly all business in a particular industry.

• militia

• ceded

• boycotted

• monopoly

• petition

Soldiers who serve another country for money.

• monopoly

• militia

• petition

• ceded

• mercenaries

Established the Committee of Correspondence in Massachusetts.

• George Washington

• Sam Adams

• mercenaries

• minutemen

A legal document that allowed customs officials to make searches without saying for what they were searching.

• repeal

• ceded

• writs of assitsance

• petition

• monopoly

Organized campaign to refuse to buy or use certain goods or services.

• monopoly

• boycott

• ceded

• militia

Organized body of armed volunteers.

• monopoly

• ceded

• militia

• petition

• boycotted