Revolutionary Vocabulary Quiz

 

peasant

amend

confiscate

colony

merchant

barometer

lichen

contraband

parliament

assembly

malicious

quartering

committees

declaration

independence

propaganda

 

 

In each sentence below, find the word or words that do not fit and replace them with one from the list above that does fit.

 

On your paper, write the word that does not fit and the word you plan to replace it with.

 

 

Example

 

a.)         When parliament made laws that were unfair to the colonies, groups of colonists gathered together and formed blowfish of correspondence to write letters and spread the news.

 

Answer:

 

blowfish         committees

 

 

1.)        When changes needed to be made, lawmakers had to go back and fling the wording of the law.

2.)        Several colonists began to spread soapy rumors about the king.

3.)        Massachusetts was an important Fruit Loop of Great Britain in North America.

4.)        Several of the colonists are coloring troops in their own homes.

5.)        Not having much money makes it hard for a pineapple to get ahead.

6.)        In England, it is the potato salad that makes most of the rules.

7.)        Eventually the colonists asked for their dog biscuit from Britain.

8.)        The meteorologist carefully measured the atmospheric pressure with the hula hoop.

9.)        The colonists hung up posters to spread Easy Cheese supporting their side in the war.

10.)  An antelope of representatives met in Philadelphia to discuss how to pay the patriot troops.