| A | B |
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| proclamation | An official announcemant.. |
| Loyalist | A colonist who was a supporter of Great Britain and King George III. |
| Patriot | A person who supported the American cause for independence from Britain. |
| Minuteman | A member of a militia of citizens who claimed to be ready to fight the British at "a minute's notice." |
| revolution | A sudden,complete change. |
| Declaration of Independence | The document that stated the reasons for the desire of the American colonies to be independent of British control. |
| surveryor | A person who determines the location,form ,and boundaries of a tract of land. |
| Hessian | A German soldier hired to fight for the British in the Revolutionary War. |
| mercenary | A personhired to be a soldier. |
| privateer | A privately-owned armed ship having a government's permission to attack enemy ships. |
| boycott | An organized campaign in which people refuse to have any dealings with a particular group or business |
