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VocabularyVocabularyQuiz 2Quiz 2

Mrs. MartinMrs. Martin

Grade 4Grade 4

freedom

liberty

independent

Declaration of Independence

To have ___________________ or To have ___________________ or

______________________ means to be free.______________________ means to be free.

When a country is ________________________When a country is ________________________they are self-governing. they are self-governing. The document that the Continental Congress The document that the Continental Congress sent to the king stating that the colonies wanted sent to the king stating that the colonies wanted their freedom or independence is called thetheir freedom or independence is called the

____________________________________________________________________________

The _____________________________ The _____________________________ was a group of leaders in the colonies who was a group of leaders in the colonies who gathered to make important decisions gathered to make important decisions during the Revolutionary War Period.during the Revolutionary War Period.

This _______________________________ This _______________________________

formed the__________________________ formed the__________________________

and wrote the ________________________ and wrote the ________________________

Continental Army

Continental Congress

Continental Congress

Declaration of Independence

A __________________ is an army made up A __________________ is an army made up of local volunteers who would run drills and of local volunteers who would run drills and train. train.

The __________________________ were The __________________________ were

soldiers in a ______________________ that soldiers in a ______________________ that could be ready to fight in a minute notice.could be ready to fight in a minute notice.

The ____________________________ was The ____________________________ was the army that General George Washington the army that General George Washington led during the Revolutionary War.led during the Revolutionary War.

militia

Minutemen

militia

Continental Army

The _______________________ were The _______________________ were against the British taxes and felt the against the British taxes and felt the colonies should be independent from colonies should be independent from Great Britain.Great Britain.

The ________________________ wanted The ________________________ wanted to remain under British control and stay to remain under British control and stay loyal to the King of England. loyal to the King of England.

Some colonists were __________________.Some colonists were __________________.

They did not choose sides. They did not choose sides.

patriots

neutral

loyalists

The _______________________________The _______________________________

were a secret group of patriots who organized were a secret group of patriots who organized protests against British laws and taxes that protests against British laws and taxes that they felt were unfair. they felt were unfair.

A ______________________ is a person A ______________________ is a person who turns against or works against his own who turns against or works against his own country. Benedict Arnold is a famous country. Benedict Arnold is a famous

American ________________________American ________________________

Sons of Liberty

traitor

traitor

When the people abruptly overthrow their When the people abruptly overthrow their government it is called a government it is called a

_____________._____________.

The ______________________________ The ______________________________ was the war in which the colonies fought was the war in which the colonies fought to gain their independence or freedom to gain their independence or freedom from Great Britain. from Great Britain.

revolution

American Revolution

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