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27 Cards in this Set
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debt |
money owned |
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congress |
a formal meeting |
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repeal |
to cancel or end something |
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effigy |
a rough model or dummy of someone |
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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 shelterfor someone |
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martial lay |
military law |
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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 Britian |
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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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independece |
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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mercanary |
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 between countries |
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strategy |
a plan |
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pennisula |
a piece of land almost all of it is surrounded but it is still connected to the mainland |
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negotiate |
to try to reach an agreemet |
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treaty of paris |
a formal agreement between great Britain in which great Britain recognized the united sates as a independent country |
