| A | B |
|---|
| Minutemen | groups of men and young boys who were trained to be soldiers and had to be ready to fight at a moment's notice (page 2) |
| Patriot | a person who loves his or her country and loyally defends and supports it (page 2) |
| Massacre | to kill or slaughter in large numbers (page 2) |
| Garrison | the troops stationed in a fort or town (page 4) |
| Peppered | showered with bullets (page 5) |
| Prevail | to gain control; to be victorious (page 6) |
| Treason | an act of betrayal or breach of allegiance to one's country (page 6) |
| Tories | Americans who sided with the British (page 6) |
| Virtue | moral excellence; right living; morality; goodness (page 6) |
| Parliament | the legislature of Great Britain (page 8) |
| Sloth | laziness (page 9) |
| Swill | partly liquid garbage (page 13) |
| Subversion | an attempt to overthrow completely, as a government (page 21) |
| Gaudy | showy or bright in a way that lacks taste (page 22) |
| Militia | a body of citizens given military training outside the regular armed forces and called up in emergencies (page 33) |
| Skirmish | a brief fight between groups such as troops (page 65) |
| Surveyor | a person who measures and maps land (page 65) |
| Apprentice | a person who works for another to learn a trade or business (page 66) |
| Speculating | investing money where there is a considerable risk of loss but also the possibility of large profits (page 66) |
| Shilling | a now-defunct Brtish coin (page 68) |
| Loyalists | people who remained loyal to the British government during the American Revolution (page 71) |
| Cholera | an infectious bacterial disease that attacks the intestined often causing death (page 72) |
| Consumption | an old-fashioned word for tuberculosis of the lungs (page 72) |
