| A | B |
|---|
| nation | country |
| Great Britian | England and three small countries |
| British | the people who lived in Great Britian |
| George III | king of Great Britian |
| tax | paying money to the government |
| Stamp Act | a law that Americans had to pay a tax on paper, books, and newspapers |
| how Americans protested the laws | they burnt stamps, they threw tea into the ocean |
| to protest | to show disagreement or anger toward the government |
| Parliament | British leaders who worked together to make laws for Great Britian |
| port | a city near an ocean, gulf, or river where there are many ships that come and leave |
| Boston Tea Party | when Americans dressed as Indians and threw British tea into the ocean |
| Battle of Lexington, in Massachussets | the first battle of the Revolutionary War |
| Battle of Yorktown, in Virginia | the last battle of the Revolutionary War |
| Boston | a port city in Massachusetts |
| why Americans thought the new laws from Great Britian were unfair | they did not help to write the laws |
| why Americans started to fight against the British | they wanted the freedom to write their own laws |
| colonists | people who lived in the thirteen colonies |
| to intervene | to get involved in; to try to control |
| Declaration of Independence | a document that said that the colonies were its own nation, separate from Great Britian |
| July 4th, 1776 | the date that the Declaration of Independence was signed |
| Thomas Jefferson | the writer of the Declaration of Independence |
| battle | a fight between two armies |
| examples of weapons | guns, swords, and cannons |
| examples of British laws | Stamp Act, Tea Tax, Americans must give British soldiers food and shelter |
