| A | B |
|---|
| Britain | the name of the country that includes England, Scotland, and Wales |
| Parliament | the highest lawmaking group in Britain |
| representation | having someone in government speak for you |
| massacre | the killing of a large number of people who can't defend themsleves |
| Continental Congress | a group of men who led the American colonists to independence from Britain |
| minutement | the colonists who were ready to be soldiers |
| redcoats | British soldiers during the American Revolution |
| revolution | a war against your own government |
| independence | the freedom from control |
| declare | say in an official way |
| Stamp Act | a tax on paper products, like newspapers |
| Boston Massacre | colonists threw snowballs and rocks at British soldiers and the soldiers shot at the colonists |
| Boston Tea Party | a group of colonists that dressed up like Indians and threw British tea into the ocean |
| Battles of Lexington and Concord | first two battles of the American Revolution |
| Second Continental Congress | a group of leaders talked about wanting independence from Britain |
| Thomas Jefferson | wrote the Declaration of Independence |
| July 4, 1776 | date the Declaration of Independence was signed |
| Declaration of Independence | the document that said the colonies were free from British rule |
