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27 Cards in this Set
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Debt |
money owed |
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Congress |
a law-making body |
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Repeal |
to cancel end something |
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Effigy |
a rough model or dummy of a person |
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Boycott |
to refuse to use or buy something |
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Tariff |
a tax on imports |
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massacre |
the killing of many people |
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quarter |
to provide lodging or shelter for a person |
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martial law |
military rule |
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Patriot |
an american colonist who strongly opposed British rule |
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Loyalist |
an american colonist who remained loyal to Great Britain |
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neutral |
not taking sides |
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militia |
a volunteer army |
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Continental army |
an army of paid soldiers from the thirteen colonies |
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petition |
a written request for rights or benefits |
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independence |
freedom from rule by others |
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rights |
a freedom established by law |
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treason |
the crime of betraying ones country |
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strategy |
a plan |
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peninsula |
a piece of land almost surrounded by water, but still attached to the mainland |
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negotiate |
to try to reach an agreement |
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Treaty of Paris |
a formal agreement between the United States and Great Britain recognized the United States as an independent country |
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mercenary |
a soldier who is paid to fight for another country |
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retreat |
to move away from an enemy |
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morale |
spirits |
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enlist |
to join the military |
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alliance |
a formal agreement of friendship between countries |
