Chapter 5 Vocabulary

Question 1

boycott

Answer 1

a form of protest that involves refusing to purchase goods or services (page 183)

Question 2

Currency Act

Answer 2

the British law that regulated paper money in the American colonies (page 181)

Question 3

militia

Answer 3

military force made up of local citizens to help
protect their town, land, or nation (page 178)

Question 4

duty

Answer 4

a tax on imports (page 181)

Question 5

grievance

Answer 5

an objection or reason to complain (page 181)

Question 6

Proclamation of 1763

Answer 6

a law requiring colonists to stay east of a line drawn on a map along the crest of the Appalachian Mountains (page 178)

Question 7

Quartering Act

Answer 7

one of several British laws that required American colonists to provide housing and food for British soldiers stationed in North America (page 178)

Question 8

repeal

Answer 8

to cancel or nullify, especially a law (page 183)

Question 9

revenue

Answer 9

income; money that is received (page 180)

Question 10

Sons of Liberty

Answer 10

the groups of merchants, shopkeepers, and craftsmen who successfully opposed the Stamp Act by establishing networks to boycott British goods
(page 183)

Question 11

Stamp Act

Answer 11

the British law requiring colonists to purchase
a stamp for official documents and published papers (page 182)

Question 12

Sugar Act

Answer 12

the British law that lowered the duty on molasses
to cut out smuggling so that the British would get the revenue (page 181)

Question 13

tyranny

Answer 13

unjust rule by an absolute ruler (page 181)

Question 14

Boston Massacre

Answer 14

the 1779 incident in which British soldiers fired on locals who had been taunting them (page 188)

Question 15

Boston Tea Party

Answer 15

the 1773 incident in which the Sons of Liberty boarded British ships and dumped their cargo in protest of British taxes on the colonists (page 191)

Question 16

Tea Act

Answer 16

the British law stating that only the East India
Company was allowed to sell tea to the American colonists (page 191)

Question 17

committees of correspondence

Answer 17

in the Revolutionary era, a group of colonists whose duty it was to spread news about protests against the British (page 191)

Question 18

Townshend Acts

Answer 18

a set of British laws that placed duties on tea, glass, paper, lead, and paint; required colonists to purchase from Britain (page 186)

Question 19

writ of assistance

Answer 19

a legal document giving authorities the right to enter and search a home or business (page 186)

Question 20

First Continental Congress

Answer 20

the 1774 meeting of representatives from all American colonies to decide on a response to the Intolerable Acts (page 195)

Question 21

Intolerable Acts

Answer 21

the British laws passed to punish the people of Boston after the Boston Tea Party; also called the Coercive Acts (page 194)

Question 22

Loyalist

Answer 22

an American colonist who supported Britain during the American Revolution (page 198)

Question 23

minuteman

Answer 23

American colonial militia member who was ready to join in combat at a moment’s notice (page 196)

Question 24

Patriot

Answer 24

an American colonist who supported the right of the American colonies to govern themselves (page 198)

Question 25

artillery

Answer 25

large guns that can fire over a long distance (page 203)

Question 26

Continental Army

Answer 26

the American army formed in 1775 by the Second Continental Congress and led by General George Washington (page 203)

Question 27

Declaration of Independence

Answer 27

the document declaring U.S. independence from Great Britain, adopted July 4, 1776 (page 208)

Question 28

drumlin

Answer 28

a smooth-sloped hill made of glacial sediments (page 204)

Question 29

earthworks

Answer 29

earthworks human-made land modifications (page 204)

Question 30

geology

Answer 30

the study of the processes that shape Earth's rocks and landforms (page 204)

Question 31

Hessians

Answer 31

German soldiers hired by the British to fight during the American Revolution (page 206)

Question 32

Second Continental Congress

Answer 32

a group of leaders of the American colonies who met to address the problem of British tyranny, declared independence in 1776, and led the United States through the American Revolution (page 203)

Question 33

terrain

Answer 33

the physical features of the land (page 204)

Question 34

unalienable right

Answer 34

a right that cannot be taken away (page 208)