Chapter 11 vocabulary Flashcards
1
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Independence
A
Freedom especially from control by another country or government
2
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Patriots
A
People in the American colonies who wanted the colonies to break away from Great Britain. Such people favored independence for the colonies.
3
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Loyalists
A
People in the American colonies, who wanted the colonist to remain under the control of the king, and Great Britain. Loyalists were loyal to the king in the opposed independence.
4
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Neutralists
A
American colonists who did not support either side, loyalist or patriot in the fight for independence from Great Britain.
5
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Traitors
A
A person, guilty of acting against his or her own country
6
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Sons of liberty
A
They were a group of American colonists who disagreed with the king
