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RevolutionaryWar
Term | Definition |
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apprentice | to learn a skill from a master crastsmen |
naval stores | products made from pine trees |
independence | political or economic freedom |
liberty boys | group of georgia boys who came together to protest the stamp act |
tories/loyalists | people who were loyal to great britain during the revolution |
patriots | people who wanted american independence |
the sons of liberty | massachusets group who protested British rule of the colonies |
minutemen | militia who could be ready to fight in a minutes notice |
continentals | George Washington's army during the revolution |
assets | strengths |
liabilities | weaknesses |
bayonet | knife attachment for a gun |
skivered | to be gutted from stomach to throat |
hessians | german soldiers for hire |
blockade | to block of an area so traffic can't enter or exit |
boycott | refuse to buy something |
repeal | to cancel |
writ of assistance | document that allowed British soldiers to inspect a ship's cargo without giving a reason |