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American Revolution

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Vocabulary Word
Definition
Colony   a settlement under the control of another country  
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Government   a person or group of people who rule or have control  
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Independence   freedom from another's control  
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Revolution   a fight to replace one government with a different government  
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Tax   money the government collects from people  
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Boycott   an act when people stop buying a product  
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Intolerable   means something is unfair and should not be allowed  
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Patriot   a person who wanted the 13 colonies to be independent from England  
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Loyalist   a person who wanted the 13 colonies to remain loyal to England  
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Congress   a group of representatives who meet to work out a problem  
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Constitution   a set of written laws  
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Declaration   an announcement  
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Blockade   a group of ships that block other ships from sailing in and out of a harbor  
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Oath   an agreement  
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Traitor   a person who acts against his country  
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Quarter   the chance to surrender  
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Militia   a group of men who fight together  
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Stamp Act   the colonists stopped buying paper  
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Tea Act   colonists in Boston threw tea overboard  
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Intolerable Acts   England took all power away from Boston and closed the ports so no goods could get in or out of Boston  
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The Rebellion of the Colonists   the colonies set up militias and rebel against England  
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Declaration of Independence   the colonists declared their desire to be free and independent states  
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Francis Marion   the Swamp Fox  
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Thomas Sumter   The Gamecock  
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Andrew Pickens   The Wizard Owl  
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