American Revolution Vocabulary Quiz

What does the word 'declaration' mean?

• Understood by you; clear in meaning

• To be given something

• To be on your own and separate from the home nation

• To make a public statement

What does the word 'independence' mean?

• Understood by you; clear in meaning

• To be on your own and separate from the home nation

• To be given something

• To make a public statement

What does the phrase 'self-evident' mean?

• To be given something

• Understood by you; clear in meaning

• To be on your own and separate from the home nation

• To make a public statement

What does the word 'endowed' mean?

• Understood by you; clear in meaning

• To make a public statement

• To be on your own and separate from the home nation

• To be given something

What are 'unalienable rights'?

• Permission

• Freedom from another’s control

• To come from

• Privileges given to people when they are born, natural rights

What does the word 'deriving' mean?

• Privileges given to people when they are born, natural rights

• Permission

• To come from

• Freedom from another’s control

What does the word 'liberty' mean?

• Permission

• Freedom from another’s control

• To come from

• Privileges given to people when they are born, natural rights

What does the word 'consent' mean?

• Permission

• Freedom from another’s control

• To come from

• Privileges given to people when they are born, natural rights

What does the word 'abolish' mean?

• The American army in the Revolutionary War

• For 2 armies to line up facing each other in an open field - whoever loses the most men loses the battle

• Actions in a battle such as hiding behind a fence, ambush or sneak attack

• To get rid of

What is 'guerrilla warfare'?

• Actions in a battle such as hiding behind a fence, ambush or sneak attack

• The American army in the Revolutionary War

• To get rid of

• For 2 armies to line up facing each other in an open field - whoever loses the most men loses the battle