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LEGISLATURE - a law making body of people LEVY - to impose or collect
LIBERTY - to be free from restrictions or controls LOYALIST - an American who remained loyal to the British government
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MAGNANIMITY - generous spirit MERCENARIES - professional solders hired to fight for a foreign country
MERCILESS - showing no pity or mercy MIGRATIONS - leaving one’s native land to settle in another land
MILITIA - private civilians who train for military duty, but are not part of a regular army
MONARCH - a nation’s ruler by heredity: king, queen, emperor
MONARCHY - a government ruled by a monarch MULTITUDE - many
MUTUALLY - shared with others
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NATIVE - natural, unaffected NATURALIZATION - granting full citizenship to people born in a foreign country
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OBSTRUCT - get in the way of, prevent something from happening
OPINIONS - personal beliefs, not always based on facts
OPPRESSION - arbitrary and cruel exercise of power over individuals
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PARALLELED - being equal distance apart PARLIAMENT - the national legislature of Great Britain, made up of the House of Lords and the House of Commons
PATRIOT - an American who supported independence from Great Britain
PERFIDY - violation of trust
PETITIONED FOR REDRESS - to formally ask for a correction of wrongs
PLEDGE - a solemn, binding promise
PLUNDER - to steal, to destroy
PREAMBLE - an introductory statement PRELUDE - actions or events that introduce something else
PROCLAIM - to announce, to declare
PROVINCE - a place where people live under a common government
PRUDENCE - showing good judgment, discretion PURSUIT - to seek, to strive
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QUARTERING - to furnish lodging for soldiers
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RABBLE-ROUSER - a person who stirs up the emotions of others for political purposes
RAVAGED - destroyed, heavily damaged RECONCILIATION - to reestablish cordial relations RECTITUDE - the quality of being correct in judgment
REDRESS - to set right, to remedy RELINQUISH - to give up something
RENDER - to give, to make available, to provide REPEAL - to cancel
REPRESENTATIVES - people chosen to speak or act on behalf of other people
RESPECT - a feeling of deep admiration for someone or something
ROUGH DRAFT - the original copy of a written document
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SECURE - to get by special action, to keep safe SELF-EVIDENT - to require no proof or explanation STATES - politically organized bodies of people under a single government in a specific place STATION - place or position
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