SSCH7

J. Gearhart

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  1. Parliament is the area of British government where laws are made.

    2. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  2. Self- government means

    3. Your answer:
    making laws for yourself or your own government
    Parliament
    having no choice about how you are ruled
    complete rule by others

  3. A democracy is a government in which the people take part.

    4. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  4. In colonial America the legislature was

    5. Your answer:
    a form of government used by colonist that was much like Parliament
    a British ally
    a way for British to punish colonist
    British government

  5. An ally is an enemy in times of war.

    6. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  6. What is money paid to government called?

    7. Your answer:

  7. Authority is control over something.

    8. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  8. This group of people supported British rule.

    9. Your answer:

  9. Tariffs is money given to a country for imports.

    10. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  10. This was colonists slogan for British taxes. "No taxation without ..."

    11. Your answer:

  11. Treason means working against the government.

    12. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  12. A document that must be signed by many people in order to change a law or idea is called...

    13. Your answer:
    tariff
    repeal
    petition
    massacre

  13. When citzens were forced to quarter British soldiers they had to...

    14. Your answer:
    pay taxes for them
    write letters for them
    pay for housing or give them shelter
    fight for them

  14. Public opinion is what the majority of citizens think.

    15. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  15. Freedom to do things such as make laws is called...

    16. Your answer:

  16. Colonist refused to buy goods from certian people or places like Brittian. What was this refusal called?

    17. Your answer:
    repeal
    boycott
    tariff
    petition

  17. What are the representatives that have the authority to make decisions for citizens called?

    18. Your answer:

  18. Repeal means to put forth an act such as a law.

    19. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  19. What is the killing of a number of unarmed people called?

    20. Your answer:
    massacre
    petition
    tariff
    boycott

  20. Being punished after you talk back to your teacher is a result of an act. What is this result called?

    21. Your answer:

  21. Using warships to prevent others from using a harbor is a type of blockage.

    22. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  22. The Committee of Correspondence wrote something to others colonists to help them know what was going on. What did they write?

    23. Your answer:
    letters
    emails
    checks
    greeting cards

  23. The Continental Congress was the last meeting of representatives in North America.

    24. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  24. These men were ready to fight at a moments notice.

    25. Your answer:

  25. What were the colonists that were against British control called?

    26. Your answer:
    Patriots
    Parliament
    Loyalists
    Minutemen

  26. What was the slogan of the colonists?

    27. Your answer:
    We want freedom!
    We love Brittian!
    No taxation without representation!
    No new taxes!

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