| A | B |
|---|
| wilderness | a place or area that is unsettled |
| pelts | animal skins |
| trading posts | a place where the Native Americans could go to trade their pelts for knives, hatchets, cloth and other items |
| cause | when one thing happens |
| effect | something else that happens as a result of the cause |
| keystone | a wedge-shaped stone |
| tax | money paid for services provided by the government |
| First Continental Congress | first meeting of colonial leaders in Philadelphia in 1774 |
| Second Continental Congress | meeting of colonial leaders held in Philadelphia in 1775 |
| Declaration of Independence | written statement that said the colonies were free from Britain |
