| A | B |
|---|
| Sons of Liberty | Patriotic group in Boston |
| treason | high crime against the government |
| December 16, 1773 | The Boston Tea Party |
| Paul Revere | famous silversmith and patriot |
| John Hancock | signer of the Declaration of Independence |
| Rab Silsbee | printer's apprentice |
| Goblin | Johnny's horse |
| Hutchinson | Gov. of Massachusetts |
| Merchant Lyte | Johnny's rich relative |
| Mr. Tweedie | a journeyman silversmith |
| artisan | a skilled craftsman |
| Beacon Hill | area of wealthy homes in Boston |
| Copps Hill | burial ground where Johnny's mother was buried |
| Samuel Adams | instigator of the Revolution |
| Whigs | those who opposed the British |
| Tories | those loyal to the British |
| King George III | King of England during the Revolutionary War |
| The Stamp Act | forced taxation on the colonists |
| Lexington | where the "shot heard round the world" was fired |
| quartering | colonists forced to house and feed British soldiers |
| Isannah | Cilla's little sister |
| "Shot heard 'round the world" | start of the American Revolution |
| midnight ride | warned of British invasion |
| Boston Observer | newspaper |
| Longfellow | wrote about Paul Revere's ride |
