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Chapter 1.5 Vocab

Here are the final vocab terms for Chapter 1 in Government!  I would start studying now as this will be a HUGE test next week!

42. Interfere: to get involved

43. Century: 100 years

44. Decade: 10 years

45. Millennium: 1000 years

46.Legal documents: important signed papers

47. Debt: you owe someone money

48. Stamp Act: taxes on all papers, newspapers, etc.

49. Gradually: step by step

50. Minutemen: a group of armed men who fought in the Revolutionary War.

51. Loyalists: colonists who were still loyal to England and the King

52. Patriots: colonists who were opposed to England and the King

53. Support: help or aid

54. Declaration of Independence: letter written by Thomas Jefferson and sent to King George saying that America is now independent.

55. Liberty: freedom

56. Grievances: complaints

57. Deny: refuse

58. Surrender: Give up

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