Chapter 5 Section 1 British Control (Vocabulary)

Fill in the blank: _______ is a form of protest that involves refusing to purchase goods or services.

• Boycott

• Strike

• Petition

• Rally

Fill in the blank: The _______ was the British law that regulated paper money in the American colonies.

• Stamp Act

• Currency Act

• Tea Act

• Quartering Act

Fill in the blank: A _______ is a tax on imports.

• duty

• subsidy

• quota

• embargo

Fill in the blank: A _______ is an objection or reason to complain.

• blank

• complaint

• argument

• grievance

Fill in the blank: A _______ is a military force made up of local citizens to help protect their town, land, or nation.

• militia

• battalion

• platoon

• brigade

Fill in the blank: The _______ of 1763 was a law requiring colonists to stay east of a line drawn on a map along the crest of the Appalachian Mountains.

• Proclamation

• Treaty

• Act

• Charter

Fill in the blank: The _______ Act was one of several British laws that required American colonists to provide housing and food for British soldiers stationed in North America.

• Quartering

• Stamp

• Sugar

• Tea

What does the term 'repeal' mean?

• To enforce a law

• To cancel or nullify, especially a law

• To create a new law

• To ignore a law

Fill in the blank: 'Revenue' is defined as ______.

• income, money that is received

• expenses, money that is spent

• profit, money that is saved

• debt, money that is owed

Who were the 'Sons of Liberty'?

• A group of British soldiers

• The groups of merchants, shopkeepers, and craftsmen who successfully opposed the Stamp Act by establishing networks to boycott British goods

• A political party in Britain

• A group of American farmers