Chapter 4 Vocab quiz

What is a military force made up of ordinary citizens called?

• Alliance

• Militia

• Mercenary

• Privateer

What term describes a partnership between groups or nations?

• Rebellion

• Petition

• Alliance

• Preamble

What does it mean to refuse to buy items in order to protest?

• Ratify

• Repeal

• Boycott

• Propaganda

What is the term for canceling an act or law?

• Repeal

• Ratify

• Petition

• Alliance

What is a good that people buy and sell called?

• Commodity

• Mercenary

• Privateer

• Militia

What is open defiance of authority known as?

• Propaganda

• Rebellion

• Preamble

• Petition

What term describes ideas or information spread to harm or help a cause?

• Propaganda

• Alliance

• Boycott

• Repeal

Who were civilians sworn to be ready to fight at a minute’s notice?

• Loyalists

• Patriots

• Minutemen

• Mercenaries

What is an American colonist who remained loyal to Britain called?

• Patriot

• Loyalist

• Privateer

• Militia

What is an American colonist who favored American independence called?

• Loyalist

• Patriot

• Mercenary

• Minuteman