| A | B |
| Slave | a person who is owned by another person and works without pay |
| Colony | a settlement that is ruled by another country |
| Tax | the money paid to the government to run a city, state, or country |
| Revolution | a fight for a change in government |
| Independence | freedom from the rules of others |
| Constitution | a plan of government |
| Civil war | a war in which two parts of one country fight each other |
| Amendment | a change made to something that is already written |
| Communication | the sharing of feelings, thoughts, and information |
| Transcontinental | something that goes from one side of a continent to the other |
| Invention | something that has been made for the first time |
| Suburb | a community built near a city |
| Satellite | a spacecraft that is used to send a radio,telephone, and television signals |
| historical society | a group of people, usually volunteers, who have a special interest in the history of their community |