chapter 3 vocab

Question 1

Ally

Answer 1

Nation that works with another nation for a common purpose.

Question 2

French and Indian war

Answer 2

A war that took place in 1754 to 1763 that led to the end of French power in North America.

Question 3

Albany plan of union

Answer 3

The plan was an attempt to create one general government for the British colonies.

Question 4

treaty of paris

Answer 4

An agreement with Britain and France to bring the long conflict to an end.

Question 5

petition

Answer 5

A formal written request to someone in authority, signed by a group of people.

Question 6

Boycott

Answer 6

To refuse to buy certain goods and services.

Question 7

repeal

Answer 7

Or cancelled, the stamp act.

Question 8

Writ of Assistance

Answer 8

The officers would be allowed to inspect a ship’s cargo without giving a reason.

Question 9

committee of correspondence

Answer 9

Members of the committee regularly wrote letters and pamphlets reporting to other colonies on events in Massachusetts.

Question 10

Civil Disobedience

Answer 10

Nonviolent refusal to obey laws that one considers unjust.

Question 11

Militia

Answer 11

An army of citizens who serve as soldiers during an emergency.

Question 12

Minutemen

Answer 12

Keep their muskets at hand and were prepared to fight in a minute’s notice.

Question 13

Patriots

Answer 13

Colonist who favored war against Britain .

Question 14

Loyalists

Answer 14

American colonists who remained loyal to Britain , wealthy merchants and former officials of the royal government.

Question 15

Blockade

Answer 15

Shutting of a port to keep people or supplies from moving in or out.

Question 16

Mercenary

Answer 16

Or troops for hire, from Germany to help fight the colonists.

Question 17

Traitor

Answer 17

A person who betrays his or her country.

Question 18

Preamble

Answer 18

Introduction, followed by three main parts.

Question 19

Natural rights

Answer 19

Rights that belong to all people from birth.

Question 20

Unalienable rights

Answer 20

Including the rights to be free and to chose how to live.

Question 21

Calvary

Answer 21

Troops on horseback.

Question 22

Guerrilla

Answer 22

Hit and run, tactics to harass the British.

Question 23

Siege

Answer 23

Occurs when an army surrounds and blockades an enemy position in an attempt to capture it.

Question 24

Ratify

Answer 24

Approved, the treaty of paris.