American Revolution Vocabulary Quiz

a formal agreement between two or more countries.The kings signed a _____ that ended the long war.

• alliance

• treaty

• enlist

• retreat

the act of moving back or away from a place or situation.We made a careful _____ from the edge of the cliff.

• alliance

• replica

• native

• retreat

to sign up to serve in the military or in some cause.He will _____ in the army.

• enlist

• replica

• morale

• negotiate

being the place of birth or origin.He was lonely for the city he was born.

• mercenary

• negotiate

• native

• treason

King George III wasn't willing to NEGOTIATE with the colonists when they complained about taxation without representation, so a war was bound to happen.

• to bargain or come to an agreement with another person.

• a written agreement to end a battle

• to sign up for service, generally military service

• the betrayal of one's country by going to war against it or giving information to its enemies.

The king of England believed the colonists were committing TREASON because of their action against his authority.

• the place that someone or something is from

• to bargain or come to an agreement with another person.

• the betrayal of one's country by going to war against it or giving information to its enemies.

• someone who does something interested only in money and material gain.

the state of mind of a person or group; spirit. The team's _____was high for their first home game.

• negotiate

• treason

• native

• morale

a close copy of a work of art, a duplication or copy

• replica

• treaty

• enlist

• treason

Students formed an ALLIANCE against the school bullies.

The three countries formed an ALLIANCE during the war to defeat their enemies.

• a copy of an original item

• to agree to settle on something that meets both people's needs

• a group of people, countries, or groups that share certain goals and agree to work together.

• a person with no loyalty and only does something for money

He did not deny that he was MERCENARY and that he sought only to make money out of the war.

• being the place of birth or origin.

• a group of people, countries, or groups that share certain goals and agree to work together.

• to bargain or come to an agreement with another person.

• interested only in money and material gain.