| A | B |
|---|
| July 4, 1776 | date Declaration was signed |
| life, liberty, pursuit of happiness | rights in Declaration |
| Stamp Act | requires stamp on legal documents |
| Common Sense | urge colonists to fight against Britain |
| Taxes | pays for French and Indian War |
| Boston Tea Party | happened because of anger at the Tea Act |
| Lexington | First battle |
| Yorktown | Last battle |
| Colonists | Winner of American revolution |
| Washington | Commander of Continental army |
| Jefferson | wrote Declaration of Independence |
| Paine | wrote Common Sense |
| Adams | Laywer for Britain from Boston Massacre |
| Patriot | sides with rebels |
| Loyalists | sides with British |
| artillery | cannons or large guns |
| minutemen | colonial militiamen trained to respond at a minute's warning |
| boycott | refusal to buy certain goods |
| Sons of Liberty | led protests & boycotts |
| Valley Forge | where Washington spent Winter of 77-78 |
| Treaty of Paris 1783 | ended Revolutionary War |
| George Rogers Clark | led colonial fighting in the West |
| John Hancock | 1st signer of Declaration of Independence |
| Benedict Arnold | traitor |
| Sugar Act | taxes on sugar, molasses & other products |
| Quartering Act | colonists had to house & supply soldiers |
| Tea Act | gave British East Indian Company a monopoly |
| Townshend Act | stopped New York assemblies & taxed imports |
| Olive Branch Petition | attempt to make peace with the King |
