| A | B |
|---|
| massacre | the killing of a large number of people who can't defend themselves |
| protested | publicly showed strong opinions against something |
| tax | the money people must pay to a government |
| minutemen | the colonists who were ready to be soldiers |
| Redcoats | British soldiers during the American Revolution |
| revolution | a war against your own government |
| declare | say in an official way |
| Patriots | colonists who wanted independence from Britain |
| Continental Army | the American army in the American Revolution |
| forces | groups of people organized to fight, armies, navies |
| Loyalists | colonists who stayed loyal to britain |
| Valley Forge | Washington's army camp in Pennsylvania |
| alliance | an agreement between countries to help each other fight a common enemy |
| treaty | a signed agreement between countries |
| fleet | a group of ships |
| peninsula | a point of land that sticks out into the sea |
| Declaration of Independence | the document that said the colonies were free from British rule |
| separate | move away from or leave |
| Continental Congress | a group of men who led the American colonies to independence from Britain |
| Parliament | the highest lawmaking group in Britain |
