| A | B |
|---|
| boycott | refuse to buy out of protest |
| repeal | take back |
| Crispus Attucks | first person killed at Boston Massacre |
| George III | king of England |
| Appalachian Mountains | Western boundary of the Colonies |
| Sons of Liberty | group of Patriots led by Sam Adams |
| Treaty of Paris 1763 | ended the French and Indian War |
| Thomas Paine | writer of Common Sense |
| Thomas Jefferson | writer of the Declaration of Independence |
| New England | known for their harsh winters and short summers |
| Middle Colonies | Pennsylvania, New York, Delaware, New Jersey |
| Southern Colonies | Long humid summers, plantation agriculture |
| Intolerable Acts | response to the Boston Tea Party, closed Boston Harbor |
| Lexington and Concord | First battles of the American Revolution |
| effigy | a representation of something disliked, tax collector for example |
| Redcoat | British Soldier |
| militia | volunteer soldier |
| Stamp Act | taxes on paper and legal documents |
| Parliament | Law-making assembly in England |
| First Continental Congress | held in Philadelphia |
