US History Vocab

Question 1

Grievance

Answer 1

Grudge or circumstance regarded as just cause for complaint often resulting in retaliation

Question 2

Civil Disobedience

Answer 2

The deliberate breaking of a law by ordinary citizens, carried out as nonviolent protest or passive resistance

Question 3

Boycott

Answer 3

A refusal to buy certain goods as a means of protest

Question 4

Treason

Answer 4

To betray one’s Country

Question 5

Patriot

Answer 5

An American colonists who sided with the rebels during the American Revolution

Question 6

Loyalist

Answer 6

An American colonists who supported the British during the American Revolution

Question 7

Revolution

Answer 7

The overturning of a government by the people being governed

Question 8

Repeal

Answer 8

To officially cancel

Question 9

Unalienable

Answer 9

Can not be taken away

Question 10

Petition

Answer 10

A request to change something

Question 11

Militia

Answer 11

Volunteer army

Question 12

Tyranny

Answer 12

A cruel or oppressive government

Question 13

Treaty

Answer 13

Formal written agreement of peace