| A | B |
|---|
| Slavery | Act of holding persons against their will for involuntary servitude. This was abolished by the Thirteenth Amendment |
| Countries involved in owning colonies in North America | Russia, Spain, Britian , France |
| Representative government | System of government in which voters elect representative to make laws for them |
| Mercantilism | Economic principles favoring the acquistion of colonies as a source of raw materials for and a market for finished goods of the mother country |
| Patriots | Colonist who supported American Revolution |
| Stamp Act | British law imposing a tax , in the form of stamps , on all legal and printed documents used in the english colonies |
| Taxation without representation | The notion of paying the sugar and stamo tax with no representationin the British Parliament |
| George Washington | President of the United States and Commander of the Continental Army |
| Battle of Lexington and Concord | Battle sites at the start of the Revolutionary war in Massachisetts |
