Question 1

British citizens living in the colonies

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Colonists

Question 2

American colonists who supported independence from Britain during the Revolutionary War

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Patriots

Question 3

American colonists who remained loyal to Britain during the American Revolution.

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Loyalists

Question 4

ruined financially; impoverished

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Bankrupt

Question 5

a professional soldier hired by a foreign army

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mercenary

Question 6

A person killed or injured in a particularly in a war.

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casualty

Question 7

an armed man ready to fight at a minute's notice at the time of the of the American Revolution.

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minutmen

Question 8

to pressure or force someone to do something.

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coerce

Question 9

the lawmaking body of Britain

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Parliament

Question 10

a group of states or nations working together for a common purpose.

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Confederation

Question 11

the acting out of a historical event.

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reenactment

Question 12

A person who betrays his or her country

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traitor

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