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August 20-24 Vocabulary

Quiz by BJ Paulson

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  • Q1
    to continue despite difficulty
    persist
    30s
  • Q2
    An overthrow and replacement of an established government or political system by the people governed.
    revolution
    30s
  • Q3
    Legal document that enabled officers to search colonial homes and warehouses for goods that might be smuggled.
    writs of assistance
    30s
  • Q4
    An incident in which British soldiers fired into a crowd of colonists who were teasing and taunting them; five colonists were killed.
    Boston Massacre (1770)
    30s
  • Q5
    Colonial response to the Tea Act; 30-130 colonists - dressed as indians - boarded British ships and dumped the tea into Boston Harbor.
    Boston Tea Party (1773)
    30s
  • Q6
    Series of laws passed in 1774 to punish Boston residents for the Tea Party.
    Intolerable Acts
    30s
  • Q7
    An organization that spread political ideas and information through the colonies.
    committee of correspondence
    30s
  • Q8
    A radical political organization for colonial independence which formed in 1765 after the passage of the Stamp Act. The Sons leaders included Samuel Adams and Paul Revere.
    Sons of Liberty
    30s
  • Q9
    British soldiers who fought against the colonists in the American Revolution; so called because of their bright red uniforms.
    redcoats
    30s
  • Q10
    A group's refusal to have commercial dealings with some organization in protest against its policies.
    boycott
    30s
  • Q11
    A critical or explanatory note or comment, especially for a literary work.
    annotation
    30s
  • Q12
    A group of people in one place who are ruled by a parent country elsewhere.
    colony
    30s
  • Q13
    A summary based on evidence or facts.
    conclusion
    30s
  • Q14
    A short piece of writing on a particular subject.
    essay
    30s
  • Q15
    Able to recover quickly.
    resilient
    30s

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