- adopted
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To agree to accept and follow.
- Altar
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A place to show honor or respect.
- American Revolution
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The American Revolution was a battle between the American Patriots of the Thirteen Colonies and King George III of Great Britain. (1775-1783)
- appointed
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To be selected to do a job.
- commemorate
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To honor or remember a historic or important event, site or person.
- commissioned
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To be given the power to complete an important job.
- convince
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To accept or believe another person's information or opinion.
- debate
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To express different opinions about ideas between people.
- declaration
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To express or announce an important message by in written form or aloud.
- declare
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To express or announce an important message by in written form or aloud.
- Delegates
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Men from each of the Thirteen Colonies who were selected to attend meetings(Continental Congress) and to decide how to deal with the unfair British control of the Colonies.
- fort
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A place that is protected by the military against enemy forces.
- gaze
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To look at someone diretly or "eye to eye".
- Independence
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Not to be conrtolled by others. Too seek freedom.
- inscription
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An important message that is written or etched in a book, statue, plaque, jewlery, etc.
- local
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A place found in a nearby location.
- majority
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An amount that represents more than half of a group or the greater number.
- national
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To belong to or followed by the people of a Country.
- official
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To stamp and sign a document in order to show the power or authority for a duty to be completed.
- Parliament
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The government committee that makes all the political decisions of Great Britain.
- patriotic
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A person who loves or honors their Country.
- rebelling
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To refuse to follow an order or rules.
- retreat
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To leave or withdraw from a battle.
- salute
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To show honor and respect by raising your upward.
- series
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A number of similar things that follow an order.
- statement
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A letter or speech that expresses an important message.
- strategic
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A mission to complete a specific goal.
- thereafter
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From this point on or onward.
- unrest
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A uneasy time of when people are angry and violent.
- unveiled.
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To uncover or to show for the first time.