| A | B |
|---|
| repeal | cancel |
| Stamp Act | tax on newspapers, pamphlets, legal documents |
| Quartering Act | forced colonists to provide British soldiers with room, food, drink and candles |
| Patrick Henry | member of House of Burgesses, accused of treason for arguing against taxes |
| Samuel Adams | member of Sons of Liberty who wrote articles against Stamp Act |
| boycott | refuse to do business or have contact with a person, group or country |
| Crispus Attucks | escaped African slave, killed in Boston Massacre |
| Boston Massacre | the killing of five colonists during a conflict with British soldiers in Boston |
| Abigail Adams | wife of John Adams |
| minutemen | colonial soldiers who were to be ready at a minute's notice to defend the cities |
| militia | a colonial military force made up of volunteers |
| political cartoon | drawing that expresses a cartoonist's opinion |
| symbol | something that stands for something else |
| John Hancock | a leading Boston supporter of liberty and President of the Second Continental Congress |
| Thomas Gage | commander of British forces in North America |
| Paul Revere | silversmith who warned about the approaching British troops |
| William Dawes | shoemaker who helped Revere |
| John Parker | Militia captain in Lexington |
| Ethan Allen | Militia leader from Vermont who captured Fort Ticonderoga |
| Benedict Arnold | Militia leader from New England who helped capture Fort Ticonderoga, but later became a traitor |
| Bunker Hill | costly British "victory" at battle near Charlestown |
| Loyalists | people who remained loyal to Britain |
| Patriots | people who supported the fight for independence |
| Continental Army | militia created by the Second Continental Congress |
| Thomas Jefferson | Virginian delegate to the Second Continental Congress |
| traitor | someone who turns against his or her country |
| Henry Knox | Militia leader who helped bring connons over 250 miles from New York to Boston |
| William Howe | British General who retreated from Boston |
| Thomas Paine | author of "Common Sense" which argued in favor of independence |
| Declaration of Independence | document explaining why the colonies were breaking away from Britain |
