| A | B |
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| King of England just before the War for Indepedence began | King George III |
| Boston Massacre | fight between angry colonists and British soldiers in which five Americans were killed |
| Boston Tea Party | an act of protest by American colonists who threw British tea into Boston Harbor |
| Paul Revere and William Dawes | rode across the countryside, warning of a British attack |
| Lexington and Concord | where the first battle of the War for Independence took place |
| George Washington | commanded the American army during War for Independence |
| Ethan Allen and the "Green Mountain Boys" | captured Fort Ticonderoga |
| Hessians | the Germans who fought for England |
| Declaration of Independence | signed on July 4, 1776 |
| John Hancock | President of the Continental Congress when Declaration of Independence was signed |
| Liberty Bell | used to call the people together for the reading of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia |
| Nathan Hale | "I only regret that I have but one life to live for my country" |
| June 14, 1777 | day George Washington gave our new flag to Congress |
| Patrick Henry | "Give me liberty or give me death" |
| George Rogers Clarke | secured the Northwest Territory for America |
| John Paul Jones | helped build the American navy |
| Nathanael Greene | led the American forces in the Southern Colonies |
| General Cornwallis | surrendered British army to Washington |
| Patriots | name given to any American colonists who wanted to fight for independence from Britain |
| Loyalists | name given to American colonists who remained loyal to England |
| Battle of Bunker Hill | showed the British that the Americans would not be easy to defeat |
| Treaty of Paris | ended the War for Independence |
