Chapter 3 Vocabulary Words

Question 1

Ally

Answer 1

A nation that works with another nation for a common purpose

Question 2

French and Indian War

Answer 2

A fight that broke out in 1754 and ended in 1763

Question 3

Albany Plan of Union

Answer 3

An attempt to create “one general government”

Question 4

Treaty of Paris

Answer 4

A treaty 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

To cancel

Question 8

Writ of Assistance

Answer 8

Legal documents

Question 9

Committee of Correspondence

Answer 9

A large letter writing campaign

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

Volunteers

Question 13

Patriots

Answer 13

Colonists who favored war against Britain

Question 14

Loyalists

Answer 14

American colonists who remained loyal to Britain

Question 15

Blockade

Answer 15

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

Question 16

Mercenary

Answer 16

Troops for hire

Question 17

Traitor

Answer 17

A person who betrays his or her country

Question 18

Preamble

Answer 18

The Declaration of Independence’s introduction
We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America

Question 19

Natural Rights

Answer 19

Rights that belong to all people from birth

Question 20

Unalienable Rights

Answer 20

Rights that include the rights to be free and to choose how to live that cannot be taken away

Question 21

Calvary

Answer 21

Troops on horseback

Question 22

Guerrilla

Answer 22

Hit and run tactics

Question 23

Siege

Answer 23

When an army surrounds and blockades an enemy position in an attempt to capture it

Question 24

Ratify

Answer 24

To approve