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. |