| A | B |
| colony | a community belonging to a distant country |
| independence | freedom |
| era | a certain period of time in history |
| declaration | an announcement of an idea |
| mission | a community built around a church |
| president | the leader of the United States |
| timeline | shows the dates of past events and the order in which they occurred |
| decision | the act of making up one's mind |
| decade | a period of ten years |
| right | a freedom of choice |
| slavery | a cruel system under which people are bought and forced to work |
| century | one hundred years |
| civil rights | the rights that countries protect for their citizens |
| primary source | information recorded by a person who was there |
| secondary source | information recorded by a person who was not there |