TOG Yr2 Wk34
Terms
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- independence
- freedom from outside control or support
- declaration
- something announced or a document containing such an announcement
- document
- a written or printed paper giving information about something
- loyalist
- one who remains loyal to a cause, government, or leader especially in times of revolt
- Tory
- an American on the side of the British during the American Revolution
- petition
- a written request made to a superior or authority
- grievance
- the formal expression of a complaint
- traitor
- one who commits treason or helps the enemy
- rifle
- a gun with a long barrel that is fired from the shoulder
- militia
- citizens with some military training who are called to active duty only in an emergency
- hesitate
- to stop or pause
- hold your fire
- a command to not fire weapons
- statesman
- a person with a broad general knowledge of government and politics, who takes a leading part in public affairs
- negotiate
- to discuss with another to make an agreement
- guillotine
- a machine for cutting off a person's head by means of a heavy blade sliding in two upright grooved posts