American revolutionary period
Vocabulary Quiz
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Name: _________________________________________________________ Date: __________________________________
Ms. Turnowski 7th Grade Social Studies
American History: The Causes of the American Revolution
Directions: In your own words, define each of the following vocabulary words. Each is worth 5 points.
( The Bonus question is worth 2 extra points! )
1. Patriot : ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2. Loyalist: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
3. Sons of Liberty: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
4. George Washington: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
5. Thomas Jefferson: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
6. Paul Revere: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
7. Thomas Paine: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
8. The Tea Act: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
9. The Stamp Act: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
10. The Intolerable Acts: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
11. The Boston Tea Party: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
12. The Boston Massacre: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
13. The French and Indian War: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
14. The Enlightenment: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
15. redcoats: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
16. minute-men: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
17. The Battles of Lexington and Concord: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
18. The First Continental Congress: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
19. The Second Continental Congress: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
20. The Declaration of Independence: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
**BONUS** Why were the minute-men called minute-men? Why were they given that name? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Name: _________________________________________________________ Date: __________________________________
Ms. Turnowski 7th Grade Social Studies
American History: The Causes of the American Revolution
Directions: In your own words, define each of the following vocabulary words. Each is worth 5 points.
( The Bonus question is worth 2 extra points! )
1. Patriot : ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2. Loyalist: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
3. Sons of Liberty: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
4. George Washington: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
5. Thomas Jefferson: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
6. Paul Revere: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
7. Thomas Paine: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
8. The Tea Act: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
9. The Stamp Act: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
10. The Intolerable Acts: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
11. The Boston Tea Party: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
12. The Boston Massacre: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
13. The French and Indian War: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
14. The Enlightenment: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
15. redcoats: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
16. minute-men: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
17. The Battles of Lexington and Concord: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
18. The First Continental Congress: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
19. The Second Continental Congress: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
20. The Declaration of Independence: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
**BONUS** Why were the minute-men called minute-men? Why were they given that name? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________