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Josh's history
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Independence | Means freedom from being ruled by someone else. |
| Declartion | Is a statement that declares or announces an idea. |
| Rights | Are freedom that are protected by a governments laws. |
| Treason | Is the crime fighting against one's own government. |
| loyalist | Was someone who was still loyal to the king. |
| Neutral | Means not to take sides. |
| Inflation | A rise in the prices of goods. |
| Reatreat | Means to move away from the enemy. |
| victory | is the defeat of an enemy. |
| Mercenary | Is a soldier who is paid to fight for a foreign country. |
| Strategy | is a plan of action. |
| Traitor | Is someone who is not loyal. |
| Surrender | Means to give up. |
| Thomas Paine | In his pamphlet common sense, Paine argued that the only choice that made sense was to separate from Britain. |
| Patrick Henry | Bold, persuasive speeches by Patrick Henry moved colonist toward independence. "Give me liberty or give me death" |
| Phillis Wheatley | Her poems praised Washington and were popular in the colonies. |
| Mary Kathernine Goddard | congress hired Mary a printer, to print an official copy of the Declaration. |
| Benedict Arnold | He betrayed the Patriot cause and fought for the British. |
| Money | Congress printed money called Continentals. |
| Joseph Brant | In 1775, Brant went to Britain and met king George III. later, Brant and the Mohawk nation sided with the British. |