social studies 9-10
Terms
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- fortify
- to strengthen
- declaration
- a statement
- congress
- a meeting of representatives
- Patriots
- the people who opposed the British government
- propaganda
- information used to win support for a cause
- tax
- money people pay to their government
- allies
- people who join together for a specific purpose
- petition
- a written request signed by many people
- treason
- revolt against the government
- massacre
- the killing of a number of defenseless people
- militia
- an army made of ordinary citizens instead of professional soldiers
- duty
- a tax on imported goods
- repeal
- to cancel
- committees of correspondence
- a network of people responsible for sharing information throughout the colonies
- peninsula
- a piece of land that juts out into a body of water and is connected to a larger piece of land
- Parliament
- Britain's lawmaking body
- Loyalists
- colonists who supported the British government
- proclamation
- an official announcement
- Minutemen
- the colonial militia, so-called because they were ready to fight with a minute's notice
- delegates
- people chosen to represent a group of people
- battle map
- symbols and descriptions to show how a battle was fought
- casualties
- people killed and wounded in battle