Chapter+8+Vocabulary


 * This is the Chapter 8 vocab.

Lesson #1: Independence**- means freedom from being ruled by someone else. [|Copy of Declaration of Independence]
 * Declaration**- a statement that declares, or announces a idea.


 * Rights-** are freedoms that are protected by goverment's laws.
 * Treason**- is the crime of fighting against one's own goverment.


 * Lesson #2:**
 * Loyalist-** was someone who was still loyal to the King.
 * Neutral-**is a person who doesn't take sides.
 * Inflation-**a rise in the price of goods.

Retreat-**means to move away from the enemy.
 * Lesson #3:
 * Mercenary-**is a soilder that is paid to fight for a forgein country.
 * Victory**-is the defeat of a enemy.

Strategy**- is a plan of action.
 * Lesson #4:


 * Traitor**- is someone who is not loyal.[[image:arnold.jpg width="97" height="126" caption="Benedict Arnold - Library of Congress"]]
 * Surrender-** means to give up.