SS: Final Exam Review Vocabulary

way of life

• culture

• civilization

• boycott

• repeal

a group of people who live together in an organized way and have developed systems for government, religion, writing, and technology

• culture

• civilization

• boycott

• repeal

effective way of protesting British policies to cause economic hardships for British merchants and reduce their profits

• culture

• civilization

• boycott

• repeal

to officially cancel or take back (end) a law so it no longer exists

• culture

• civilization

• boycott

• repeal

someone who loves and supports their country.  During the American Revolution, Patriots were colonists who wanted independence from British rule.

• patriot

• loyalist

• abolitionist

• suffrage

someone who stays loyal to their country or leader.  During the American Revolution, Loyalists were colonists who wanted to stay under British rule.

• patriot

• loyalist

• abolitionist

• suffrage

Believed slavery was wrong and wanted to stop it.

• patriot

• loyalist

• abolitionist

• suffrage

The right to vote. 

Women in the U.S. received the right to vote in 1920!

• patriot

• loyalist

• abolitionist

• suffrage

a system that requires military service

• draft

• impressment

• amend

• precedent

an example for others to follow in the future

• draft

• impressment

• amend

• precedent