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4. a person who journeys to a sacred place for religious reasons
7. 1781 the British under Cornwallis surrendered after a siege of three weeks by American and French troops; the surrender ended the American Revolution
11. people who remain loyal to the established ruler or government, especially in the face of a revolt
12. the state of being a slave

1. Franklin: was an American polymath and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States
2. Act: an act regulating stamp duty (a tax on the legal recognition of documents)
3. A major battle of the Revolutionary War, fought in 1777 in northern New York state
5. a conqueror, especially one of the Spanish conquerors of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century
6. Massacre: known to the British as the Incident on King Street, was a confrontation on March 5, 1770 in which British soldiers shot and killed several people
8. members of a group of English Protestants of the late 16th and 17th centuries who regarded the Reformation of the Church
9. Compact: was a set of rules for self-governance established by the English settlers who traveled to the New World
10. Jefferson: was an American statesman, diplomat, lawyer, architect, and Founding Father who served as the third president of the United States