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The Amazing American Revolution Vocabulary!

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Taxation

a)

changing from one government structure to another

b)

process of collecting money from citizens in order to fund government expenses

c)

a complaint

d)

a military force of volunteers

2.

Political revolution

a)

American colonists who did not support independence from Great Britain

b)

soldiers who are paid to fight for a country they are not from

c)

to refuse to buy goods

d)

changing from one government structure to another

3.

Patriots

a)

American colonists who supported independence from Great Britain

b)

American colonists who did not support independence from Great Britain

c)

soldiers who are paid to fight for a country they are not from

d)

None of the above

4.

Loyalists

a)

soldiers who are paid to fight for a country they are not from

b)

a military force of volunteers

c)

American colonists who supported independence from Great Britain

d)

None of the above

5.

Grievance

a)

to refuse to buy goods

b)

American colonists who supported independence from Great Britain

c)

a complaint

d)

American colonists who did not support independence from Great Britain

e)

a military force of volunteers

6.

Boycott

a)

changing from one government structure to another

b)

American colonists who did not support independence from Great Britain

c)

to buy many goods

d)

None of the above

7.

Militia

a)

American colonists who supported independence from Great Britain

b)

American colonists who did not support independence from Great Britain

c)

a military force of volunteers

d)

soldiers who are paid to fight for a country they are not from

8.

Mercenaries

a)

soldiers who are NOT paid to fight for a country they are not from

b)

soldiers who are paid to fight for a country they are not from

c)

people who boycotted British goods

d)

None of the above

9.

________________ provided the money to pay for it all.

a)

Taxation

b)

Political revolution

c)

Boycotting

d)

Mercenaries

10.

The ___________________ wanted badly to break away from Britains grasp. They fought hard to win their independence.

a)

Patriots

b)

Loyalists

c)

Miltia

d)

None of the above

11.

The colonists listed many ____________________ in the Declaration of Independence informing the king why they wanted their independence.

a)

taxations

b)

grievances

c)

boycotts

d)

mercenaries

12.

Due to the high taxes colonists decided to _______________ British goods.

a)

smuggle

b)

boycott

c)

hide

d)

mercenaries

13.

The Continental Army, or the colonists army, was made up of a lot of _____________________ .

a)

militias

b)

loyalists

c)

grievances

d)

None of the above

14.

Many ______________________ were hired to fight in the American Revolution.

a)

patriots

b)

loyalists

c)

mercenaries

d)

none of the above

15.

Who would say the following: "We do not owe the British not one cent! Throw the tea into the harbor!"

a)

Patriots

b)

Loyalists

c)

Mercenaries

d)

All the above