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SS Chapter 4 words
Term | Definition |
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French and Indian War | War between France and Britain over land with natural resources in North America. |
Retreat | To move back |
Traitor | Someone who goes against their own country. |
Declaration of Independence | A document created by Thomas Jefferson that stated the colonies were to be free of British rule. |
Continental Congress | the governing body by which the American colonial governments coordinated their resistance to British rule during the first two years of the American Revolution. |
Second Continental Congress | The Second Continental Congress was a late-18th-century meeting of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that united in support of the American Revolutionary War. |
Loyalist | Someone in favor of British rule. |
Patriot | Someone in favor of freedom from British rule. |
Boston Tea Party | A protest of the Stamp Act when colonists dumped tea from a British ship into the Boston Harbor. |
Stamp Act | A law stating that colonists had to pay taxes on newspapers and other paper items. |
Revolution | A forcible overthrow of government or want of a new system. |