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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 Carribean 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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