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Revolutionary war Vocabulary
Words to study for our Revolutionary War Unit
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Social Studies
3rd Grade
11/30/2011

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Patriot
Definition
a colonist against the British Rule
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Loyalist
Definition
a colonist supporting the British rule
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Revolutionary War
Definition
the war between the Patriots and the British in which the Patriots won their independence
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Declaration of Independence
Definition
stated that the colonists wanted their independence from Great Britain
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Francis Marion
Definition
famous Patriot nicknamed "Swamp Fox" because he hid his men in the swamps of SC
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Boston Tea Party
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colonists in Boston, Massachusetts boarded a ship and dumped the cargo of tea in into the water
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Battle of Cowpens
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the battle in which the patriots tricked the British soldiers
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Stamp Act
Definition
a tax that the British government placed on newspapers, books and documents sold in the colonies
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