Colonial America Vocabulary Quiz

What is the term for the act of not importing or using certain goods?

• Boycott

• Nonimportation

• Repeal

• Petition

What was the purpose of the Committee of Correspondence?

• To collect taxes

• To spread political ideas and information through the colonies

• To train minutemen

• To draft the preamble

Who were the minutemen?

• British soldiers

• American colonists who remained loyal to Britain

• Companies of civilian soldiers ready to fight on a minute's notice

• Members of the Committee of Correspondence

What is a formal request called?

• Resolution

• Preamble

• Petition

• Effigy

What is the introduction to a formal document known as?

• Preamble

• Resolution

• Petition

• Propaganda

Who were the Patriots?

• American colonists who favored American independence

• British soldiers

• American colonists who remained loyal to Britain

• Members of the militia

What is propaganda?

• A formal request

• Ideas or information designed and spread to influence opinion

• A group of civilian soldiers

• A legal document for searching homes

What does it mean to repeal an act or law?

• To enforce it

• To cancel it

• To amend it

• To support it

Who were the Loyalists?

• American colonists who favored American independence

• British soldiers

• American colonists who remained loyal to Britain

• Members of the militia

What does it mean to boycott?

• To support a cause

• To refuse to buy items from a particular country

• To repeal a law

• To spread propaganda