Lesson 11: To Declare Independence or Not Vocabulary QUIZ

not taking sides

• independence

• patriots

• loyalists

• neutral

opposition between individuals or groups; stress

• tensions

• annuity

• exile

• loyalists

a person guilty of betraying or acting against his or her own country

• loyalists

• patriots

• traitor

• independence

people in the American colonies who wanted the colonies to become independent from Great Britain

• Loyalists

• Patriots

• neutral

• traitor

a person who settles in a new colony or moves into new country

• neutral

• colonist

• patriots

• traitor

people in the American colonies who opposed independence and wanted the colonies to remain under the control of the king and Great Britain

• tensions

• neutral

• loyalists

• patriots

A point of view , the position from which a person looks at an issue

• perspectives

• interpretation

• realism

• significance

To discuss something in an attempt to reach agreement

• alliance

• neutral

• negotiate

• mercenary

separation from, or freedom from control by, another country or government

• loyalists

• neutral

• recruitment

• independence