History vocab

Question 1

incoming money from taxes or other sources

Answer 1

Revenue

Question 2

court document allowing customs officers to enter any location to search for smuggled goods

Answer 2

Writ of Assistance

Question 3

an official expression of opinion by a group

Answer 3

Resolution

Question 4

a mocking figure representing an unpopular individual

Answer 4

Effigy

Question 5

to refuse to buy items in order to show disapproval or force acceptance of one’s terms

Answer 5

Boycott

Question 6

to cancel an act or law

Answer 6

repeal

Question 7

open defiance of authority

Answer 7

Rebellion

Question 8

ideas or information intentionally spread to harm or help a cause

Answer 8

Propaganda

Question 9

an organization that spread political ideas and information through the colonies

Answer 9

Committee of Correspondence

Question 10

a civilian during the Revolutionary era, sworn to be ready to fight with only one minute’s notice

Answer 10

Minutmene

Question 11

American colonist who remained loyal to Britain and opposed the war for independence

Answer 11

Loyalist

Question 12

American colonist who favored American independence

Answer 12

Patriot

Question 13

formal request

Answer 13

Petition

Question 14

the introduction to a formal document that often tells why the document was written

Answer 14

Preamble

Question 15

hired soldier

Answer 15

Mercenary

Question 16

to enlist in the military

Answer 16

Recruit

Question 17

when it takes more and more money to buy the same amount of goods

Answer 17

Inflation

Question 18

measure that keeps ships from entering or leaving a harbor

Answer 18

Blockade

Question 19

privately owned ship outfitted with weapons

Answer 19

Privateer

Question 20

an attempt to force surrender by blocking the movement of people or goods into or out of a place

Answer 20

Siege

Question 21

to approve officially

Answer 21

Ratify

Question 22

an attack in which the attacker hides and surprises the enemy

Answer 22

Ambush