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Hereford Colonial America Spelling and Vocabulary

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Pick the word that is spelled correctly and matches the definition.


related to the 13 original colonies

a)

colonial

b)

collonial

c)

coloniel

d)

colonel

2.

Pick the word that is spelled correctly and matches the definition.


a region of the northeast United States consisting of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island

a)

New Hampshire

b)

New England

c)

New York

d)

New Jersey

3.

Pick the word that is spelled correctly and matches the definition.


worker who is under contract of an employer for a specified period of time, in exchange for transportation, food, drink, clothing, lodging and other necessities.

a)

endentured servant

b)

indentures servant

c)

indentured servant

d)

endentured servent

4.

Pick the word that is spelled correctly and matches the definition.


those owned as the property of someone else

a)

slaves

b)

indentures servant

c)

indentured servant

d)

slavs

5.

Pick the word that is spelled correctly and matches the definition.


an army composed of ordinary citizens rather than professional soldiers

a)

million

b)

militia

c)

militant

d)

millitia

6.

Pick the word that is spelled correctly and matches the definition.


geographic region, such as a colonial possession, that is dependent on an external government

a)

territorry

b)

territory

c)

delagate

d)

delegate

7.

Pick the word that is spelled correctly and matches the definition.


a charge usually of money imposed by authority on persons or property for public purposes

a)

territorry

b)

territory

c)

taxes

d)

texes

8.

Pick the word that is spelled correctly and matches the definition.


brought something banned into a country in secret

a)

smuggled

b)

snuggled

c)

snaggled

d)

smuddled

9.

Pick the word that is spelled correctly and matches the definition.


national legislature of the United Kingdom, made up of the House of Lords and the House of Commons.

a)

Parliment

b)

parliament

c)

Parliament

d)

parliment

10.

Pick the word that is spelled correctly and matches the definition.


intending to force someone to do something

a)

coersive

b)

coercive

c)

infringes

d)

infinged

11.

Pick the word that is spelled correctly and matches the definition.


a representative to a conference or convention

a)

territorry

b)

territory

c)

delagate

d)

delegate

12.

Pick the word that is spelled correctly and matches the definition.


an announcement

a)

proclimation

b)

proclaimation

c)

proclamation

d)

procolamtion

13.

Pick the word that is spelled correctly and matches the definition.


open, armed, and organized resistance to a constituted government

a)

rebellion

b)

revolution

c)

proclamation

d)

independence

14.

Pick the word that is spelled correctly and matches the definition.


overthrow of one government and its replacement with another

a)

rebellion

b)

revolution

c)

proclamation

d)

independence

15.

Pick the word that is spelled correctly and matches the definition.


a law passed by the British Parliament requiring all publications and legal and commercial documents in the American colonies to bear a tax stamp (1765): a cause of unrest in the colonies

a)

Townshend Act

b)

Stamp Act

c)

Townsend Act

d)

Stump Act

16.

Pick the word that is spelled correctly and matches the definition.


the state of being free from the control or power of another

a)

rebellion

b)

revolution

c)

premble

d)

independence

17.

Pick the word that is spelled correctly and matches the definition.


introduction to a formal document that explains its purpose

a)

preamble

b)

premble

c)

premble

d)

proamble

18.

Pick the word that is spelled correctly and matches the definition.


violates

a)

vialates

b)

coercive

c)

violates

d)

coersive

19.

Pick the word that is spelled correctly and matches the definition.


a group of persons formally joined together for some common interest

a)

conguss

b)

coercive

c)

congress

d)

coersive

20.

Pick the word that is spelled correctly and matches the definition.


a series of laws passed by the British government on the American colonies in 1767. They placed new taxes and took away some freedoms from the colonists including the following: New taxes on imports of paper, paint, lead, glass, and tea. Established an American Customs Board in Boston to collect taxes. Set up new courts in America to prosecute smugglers (without using a local jury). Gave British officials the right to search colonists' houses and businesses.

a)

Townshend Act

b)

Stamp Act

c)

Townsend Act

d)

Stump Act

21.

BONUS: What is an another name for the French and Indian War?

a)

French and British War

b)

The War of British Aggression

c)

The Seven Year War

d)

The Seventeen Year War

22.

BONUS: In which region(s) of the colonies were female children allowed to go to school?

a)

Southern

b)

Middle

c)

New England

d)

Northern

23.

BONUS: What started the French and Indian War?

a)

A dispute over who owned Florida

b)

A dispute over territory in the Mississippi River Valley

c)

A dispute over territory in the Ohio River Valley

d)

A dispute over who owned Texas

24.

BONUS: The French and Indian War ended when the Treaty of London was signed.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

25.

BONUS: What was one of the main effects of the French and Indian War?

a)

The colonists were angry about taxation without representation.

b)

The British government started placing taxes on the colonies.

c)

George Washington gained important military and leadership experience.

d)

All of the answers.