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Vocabulary Words of My Social Studies Book
Question | Answer |
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independence | freedom from being ruled by someone else |
decelaration | a statement that declares or announces an idea |
rights | freedoms that are protected by a government's laws |
treason | a crime of fighting against ones own government |
loyalist | someone who was still loyal to the king |
neutral | not to take sides |
inflation | a rise in the prices of goods |
retreat | to move away from the enemy |
mercenary | is a soldier who is paid to fight for a foreign country |
victory | is the defeat of an enemy |
strategy | a plan of action |
traitor | someone who is not loyal |
surrender | to give up |
Patrick henry | he said give me liberty or give me death |
Thomas paine | wrote common sense |
George Washington | was the commander-in-chief of the patriots |
Benjamin Franklin | tried to get help from France |
Thomas Jefferson | wrote the Declaration of Independence |
James Armistead | he spied on the British army |
Abigail Adams | wanted congress to recon |