2. Unit 5 Vocabulary Quickcheck

What is a tariff?

• A tax on imported or exported goods.

• A lawmaking body of Great Britain.

• A person who lives in a colony.

• A sudden and complete change.

What is taxation?

• The practice of a government collecting money from its citizens to pay for public services.

• A protest where colonists threw tea into Boston Harbor.

• A nickname for British soldiers.

• A meeting of representatives from the American colonies.

What is the Parliament?

• The lawmaking group of leaders of Great Britain.

• A group of colonists who organized protests.

• A colonial militia member.

• A document declaring independence.

Who is a colonist?

• A person who lives in a colony and is governed by a distant country.

• A colonist who wanted independence from Great Britain.

• A colonist who remained loyal to Great Britain.

• A meeting of representatives.

What does it mean to boycott?

• To refuse to buy goods or services as a form of protest.

• To cancel or take back a law.

• To have someone speak or act on your behalf.

• To be ready to fight at a minute’s notice.

What is a protest?

• An action or statement expressing disapproval or objection to something.

• A sudden and complete change.

• A law that required colonists to buy a stamp.

• A nickname for British soldiers.

What does it mean to repeal something?

• To cancel or take back a law.

• To refuse to buy goods or services.

• To have someone speak or act on your behalf.

• To be ready to fight at a minute’s notice.

Who is a patriot?

• A) A colonist who wanted independence from Great Britain.

• B) A colonist who remained loyal to Great Britain.

• C) A person who lives in a colony.

• D) A group of colonists who organized protests.

Who is a loyalist?

• A colonist who remained loyal to Great Britain during the American Revolution.

• A colonist who wanted independence from Great Britain.

• A person who lives in a colony.

• A group of colonists who organized protests.

What is a revolution?

• A) A sudden and complete change, often involving the overthrow of a government.

• B) A protest where colonists threw tea into Boston Harbor.

• C) A law that required colonists to buy a stamp.

• D) A meeting of representatives from the American colonies.