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Vocabulary Words of My Social Studies Book
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |