| A | B |
| Committee of correspondence | a committee set up in the colonies to quickly share information about taxes and other issues by writing letters. Kind of like a listserv. |
| consequence | the result of an action |
| blockade | to use warships to keep other ships from entering a harbor |
| quarter | to provide housing |
| Continental Congress | a meeting of representatives of the British colonies |
| right | a freedom |
| minuteman | members of the Massachusetts militia who would be quickly ready to fight |
| patriot | a colonist who was against the British |