American Revolution Vocabulary

What is the refusal to buy something as an act of protest called?

• Civil Disobedience

• Boycott

• Grievance

• Protest

What term describes refusing to obey laws believed to be unjust as a form of protest?

• Boycott

• Grievance

• Civil Disobedience

• Due Process

What is a complaint referred to as?

• Grievance

• Protest

• Debt

• Rivalry

Who were the American colonists that did not support independence from Britain?

• Patriots

• Loyalists

• Parliament

• Guerilla Warfare

Who were the American colonists that did support independence from Britain?

• Loyalists

• Patriots

• Parliament

• Mercantilism

What is the term for the overthrow of one government, then replaced by another?

• Treaty

• Political Revolution

• Independence

• Consent of the Governed

What is the process of collecting money from citizens to fund the government called?

• Debt

• Taxation

• Mercantilism

• Due Process

What does being free to control oneself refer to?

• Liberty

• Independence

• Unalienable Rights

• Protest

What is freedom from an oppressive government with guaranteed individual rights called?

• Independence

• Liberty

• Treaty

• Grievance

What is the economic policy where colonies serve as a source of raw materials to increase the wealth of the mother country?

• Mercantilism

• Taxation

• Guerilla Warfare

• Political Revolution