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| French & Indian War | conflict of 1754-1763 after which England gained control of North America |
| King George III | King of England in the late 1700s |
| Lexington & Concord | Massachusetts towns where first shots of the American Revolution were fired in 1775 |
| Paul Revere | Boston silversmith, patriot who warned colonists, "The British are coming!" |
| July 4, 1776 | Declaration of Independence written by Thomas Jefferson |
| Thomas Jefferson | representative from Virginia to Continental Congress; third president of the USA |
| Continental Congress | gathering of colonial representatives in Philadelphia to create a new government |
| Boston Massacre | fight between colonists and English soldiers in 1770 in which five patriots were killed |
| United States Constitution | document describing the government and laws of the United States of America |
| Benjamin Franklin | printer, inventor, and ambassador to France during Revolutionary War |
| Sons of Liberty | secret protest group started in Massachusetts by Samuel Adams |
| George Washington | Virginia gentleman, leader of patriot army, first president of the USA (1789-97) |
| John Adams | Massachustts representative to Continental Congress; second preseident of USA |
| American Revolution | war fought for independence from England |
| loyalists | what colonists loyal to the king called themselves |
| patriots | what colonists who wanted independence called themselves |
| Stamp Act | English law that taxed colonies to pay for French & Indian War |
| Boston Tea Party | famous protest in 1773 against a tax on tea brought into Boston Harbor |
| representative | person elected to speak or act for others |
| redcoats | what Patriots called British soldiers |
