Vocabulary Week of 2/6/23

a person who lives in a colony or or helps create a colony

• colonist

• ferried

• musket

• Declaration of Independence

carried from one place to another in a vehicle (such as a boat)

• colonist

• ferried

• musket

• Declaration of Independence

a type of long gun used by soldiers from the 1500s to the 1800s. 

• colonist

• ferried

• musket

• Declaration of Independence

a document declaring the freedom of the 13 American colonies from British rule. It was adopted on July 4, 1776.

• colonist

• ferried

• musket

• Declaration of Independence

 not controlled by other people or things.

• independent

• militia

• historian

• traitor

a group of people who are trained to fight but are not official soldiers. 

• independent

• militia

• historian

• traitor

a person who studies or writes about history. 

• independent

• militia

• historian

• traitor

someone who is disloyal to their nation. 

• independent

• militia

• historian

• traitor

to give up

• independent

• surrender

• apprentice

• traitor

someone who agrees to work for a more experienced person for several years in order to make a trade. 

• independent

• surrender

• apprentice

• traitor