Colonial America Vocabulary Quiz

Directions: Match the vocabulary words on the left with the definitions on the right.

1. jerkin

join together for a common purpose; make as one.

2. revolution

items that could not be sold to other countries.

3. import

jacket of cloth or leather, open at the neck, but without sleeves.

4. petticoat

a significant change in political organization; the act of changing politically by rebelling against the authority in place.

5. Northern colonies

bring goods into the country.

6. enumerated articles

members of the colonial troops who had promised to take the field in battle on very short notice.

7. French and Indian War

women’s skirts, often worn several at a time, sometimes the top one was pinned up at intervals showing the one .

8. independence

trade between the colonists, Africa, and the Caribbean Islands.

9. Southern colonies

traded fur, fish, and grain.

10. minutemen

freedom from control by others.

11. export

the law making body in England.

12. Triangular Trade

crops that are produced in large quantities.

13. unite

France and England fought over land in the Ohio River Valley.

14. Parliament

sell goods out of the country.

15. staple crops

grew staple crops such as tobacco and rice.

 

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