SS Ch. 5 Vocabulary Review

What is the name given to a formal written request to someone in authority, signed by a group of people, for rights or benefits?

• Alliance

• Petition

• Boycott

• Repeal

During the American Revolution, what term was used to describe American colonists who supported the British side?

• Patriot

• Mercenary

• Loyalist

• Militia

What was the term for the volunteer army who was ready to fight during the beginning of the American Revolution?

• Congress

• Militia

• Mercenary

• Alliance

What means freedom from rule by others, especially freedom from another country?

• Independence

• Boycott

• Repeal

• Petition

What is the term for a soldier who is paid to fight for another country?

• Loyalist

• Militia

• Mercenary

• Patriot

What is the term for a group of people who come together in a formal meeting to make laws and decisions for a nation?

• Militia

• Congress

• Alliance

• Petition

What is the term for an agreement between countries to support each other against enemies?

• Treaty of Paris

• Boycott

• Alliance

• Treason

What is the term for refusing to buy or use goods and services to show disapproval or bring about change?

• Repeal

• Boycott

• Petition

• Massacre

What is the term used to describe the act of discussing something formally in order to reach an agreement?

• Boycott

• Repeal

• Negotiate

• Alliance

What was the name of the agreement that ended the American Revolution and recognized American independence?

• Alliance

• Boycott

• Treaty of Paris

• Petition