Social Studies
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each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| Independence | Freedom from being ruled by someone else.
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| Declaration | A statement that declares, or announces, a idea
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| Rights | Freedoms that are protected by a government's laws.
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| Treason | The crime of fighting against one's own government.
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| Loyalist | Someone who was still loyal to the king.
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| Neutral | Not taking sides.
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| Inflation | A rise in the prices of goods.
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| Retreat | To move from the enemy.
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| Mercenary | A soldier who is paid to fight for a foreign country.
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| Victory | The defeat of a enemy.
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| Strategy | A plan of action.
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| Traitor | Someone who is not loyal.
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| Surrender | To give up.
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| Mary Katherine Goddard | Congress hired her to print the official copy of the Declaration of Independence.
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| Patrick Henry | He gave this thrilling speech "Give me liberty or give me death!"
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| Thomas Paine | He wrote the pamphlet "Common Sense".
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| Thomas Jefferson | He wrote the Declaration of Independence.
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| James Armistead | He spied on the British and gave the information to the Patriots.
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| Benedict Arnold | He betrayed the Patriot and fought for the British.
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| Treaty of Paris | Signed in 1783.
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| Declaration of Independence | Signed in July 4, 1776.
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| Abigail Adams | She wrote to her husband " In the new Code of Laws Remember the Ladies.
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| Constitution | A written plan for government.
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| Citizen | An official member of a city, state, or nation.
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| Territory | Land ruled by a national government but which has no representatives in the government.
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| Ordinance | A law.
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| Federal | A supporter of the Constitution.
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| Republic | A government in which the citizens elect leaders to represent them.
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| Compromise | A settlement in which both sides give up something they want.
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| Ratify | To accept.
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| Democracy | A government in which the people have the power to make political decisions.
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| Checks and Balances | A system that lets each branch of government limit the power of the other two.
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| Veto | To reject.
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| Unconstitutional | Not in agreement with the Constitution.
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| Amendment | A change to the Constitution.
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| Inauguration | The official ceremony to make someone President.
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| Cabinet | A group chosen by the President to help run the executive branch and give advice.
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| Political Party | An organized group of people who share similar ideas about government.
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| Interest | What people pay to borrow money.
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| Capital | A city where a government meets.
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