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PUZZLE #10 - INDEPENDENCE

IN-CONTEXT WORD DEFINITIONS

secession: The formal withdrawal of a state or territory from a larger political union. The colonies' formal break from the British Empire that led to a new nation.

severance: The act of cutting off a relationship or connection such as ties with a ruling power. The final cutting of political ties between the colonies and the British crown.

statehood: The status of being recognized as a state within a federal union. The recognized status each former colony gained within the new United States.

emancipation: The act of being freed from legal or political control. The release from British political control that the Declaration of Independence set in motion.

self-rule: The right and ability of a people to govern themselves. The power to govern their own affairs that Americans secured through independence.

nationhood: The condition of existing as a distinct and self-governing nation. The new identity as a sovereign country that emerged from the fight for independence.

victory: Success in a contest or war such as the colonies’ triumph in the Revolutionary War. The hard-won triumph over British forces that secured lasting independence.

founding: The establishment of a nation institution or organization. The creation of a new nation built upon the ideals declared in 1776.

independence: Freedom for a country or people to govern themselves without foreign control. The very freedom from British rule that Americans commemorate every Fourth of July.

non-compliance: A refusal or failure to follow a rule order or demand. The colonists' refusal to obey unjust British laws that helped spark the push for independence.

insurgency: An organized rebellion against an established government or authority. The organized colonial resistance that grew into the fight for independence.

Secret Word: The act of being freed from legal or political control. The release from British political control that the Declaration of Independence set in motion.