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Ch. 6 Lesson 3
The War of Independence
Term | Definition |
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Loyalists | Colonists who sided with Gret Britain in the American Revolution. |
Mercenaries | Soldiers who fight for money. |
Minutement | American colonial citizen soldiers who would show up at a moment's notice when fighting broke out. |
Patriots | Colonists who wanted to be independent of Great Britain. |
Surrendered | When soldiers give up fighting. |
Treaty of Paris (1783) | Treaty between the United States of America and Great Britain. Ended the American Revolutionary War. |