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Grade 5
Independence - Before the Revolutionary War
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Patriots | People who wanted the colonies to break away from Britain control. |
| Loyalists | People who wanted the colonies to remain under British control. |
| Neutralists | Colonists who did not support either side in the fight for independance. |
| traitors | Person guilty of acting against his or her own country |
| Samuel Adams | One of the leading Patriots in Massachusetts. In 1775 organized the Sons of Liberty. |
| Sons of Liberty | Patriots that actively encouraged colonists to disobey British laws |
| Thomas Jefferson | main author of Declaration of Independence |
| Second Continental Congress | The meeting of delegates from the colonies that began in Philadelphia in 1775. |
| Common Sense | A book by Thomas Paine that argued simply that the colonies should break away from Great Britain. |
| Declaration of Independence | The document that announced that the colonies were breaking away from Great Britain. |
| George Washington | head of the Continental Army |
| militia | a small army made up of ordinary citizens |
| resolution | a statement for Congress to vote on |
| July 4, 1776 | Congress voted to approve the Declaration of Independence |
| impel | to drive or urge forward, incite |
| self-evident | evident in itself without proof or demonstration |
| endowed | to provide with a permanent fund or source of income |
| unalienable | not transferable to another |
| instituted | to set up; establish; organize |
| consent | to permit, approve, or agree |
| abolish | to do away with |
| deriving | to receive or obtain from a source or origin |
| usurpations | wrongful or illegal encroachment, infringement, or seizure |
| tyranny | arbitrary or unrestrained exercise of power |
| candid | frank, outspoken |
| solemnly | serious or earnest |
| declare | to make known or state clearly |
| absolved | to free from guilt or blame |
| allegiance | the loyalty of a citizen to his or her government |
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