| A | B |
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| Townshend Acts | taxed goods such as paper, paint, lead, and tea |
| Sons of Liberty | group of colonists who opposed British policy |
| Sam Adams | leader of Sons of Liberty, advocate for independence |
| Quartering Act | law that colonist must house British troops |
| Boston Massacre | conflict with British troops where 5 colonist were killed |
| John Adams | patriot; defended British soldiers accused in the Boston Massacre |
| Committees of Correspondence | letter writing campaign that protested British policy |
| Tea Act | act that created a monopoly on tea |
| Boston Tea Party | protest where the colonist destroyed tea |
| Intolerable Acts | called Coercive Acts; British response to the Boston Tea Party |
| Thomas Paine | wrote Common Sense |
| Paul Revere | patriot who drew about the Boston Massacre and warned "The British are coming!" |
| Militia | army of citizens; served during emergency |
| Thomas Paine | wrote "Common Sense" |
| George Washington | man chosen to lead Continental Army |
| Lexington and Concord | 1st Battle of the Revolutionary War |
| French and Indian War | War between France and Britain that kicked the French out of N. America for good |
| Common Sense | Argued that the Colonists need to support independence |
| Tyrant | a cruel and oppressive ruler |
| Albany Plan of Union | Benjamin Franklin's plan to unite the colonies during the French & Indian War |
