| A | B |
|---|
| Coercive Acts | Also known as the Intolerable Acts |
| Intolerable Acts (1774) | passed by Parliament to punish Massachusetts colony for the Boston Tea Party |
| General Thomas Gage | he was appointed governor of Massachusetts to enforce the Intolerable Acts |
| First Continental Congress | banned all trade with Britain until the Intolerable Acts were repealed |
| Committee of Safety | A group headed by John Hancock that had the power to call out the colonial militia |
| Samuel Adams | Built an American spy network to watch over the British |
| Old North Church | where 2 lanterns were hung to warn colonists the British soldiers were coming by sea |
| Paul Revere | rode on horseback to warn colonists that British troops were coming |
| William Dawes and Samuel Prescott | Two men who helped Revere spread the message that the British troops were coming |
| Battles of Lexington and Concord | first battles of Revolutionary War |
| Loyalist | colonist who supported the British |
| Patriot | colonist who supported the cause for freedom |
