| A | B |
|---|
| Parliament | British leaders who passed all laws. |
| Self-government | Able to make your own laws |
| Democracy | A government where people elect their officials |
| Legislatures | Small, local Parliaments |
| Allies | Friends in war. |
| Taxes | Money paid to a government to run the country |
| Authority | Control |
| Tariff | A tax paid on goods brought into the country |
| Loyalists | Colonists who sided with the British |
| Representation | Someone who speaks for or acts for another. |
| Treason | Betraying your country |
| Public Opinion | What people think |
| Petitions | Requests for action |
| Boycott | Refusing to buy goods |
| Congress | A group of representatives that have the power to make decisions |
| Repeal | To take away |
| Massacre | Killing many people who cannot defend themselves |
| Committees of Correspondence | Colonists who wrote letters to keep others informed |
| Consequences | The results of an action |
| Blockade | To prevent ships from entering or leaving a harbor |
| Quarter | To feed and shelter soldiers against your will |
| Continental Congress | Representatives from every colony |
| Rights | Freedoms |
| Minutemen | Fighters who could be ready in a minute to defend the colonies |
| Patriots | Colonists who were against the British |
| Paul Revere | Colonist who rode to war others of the British attack |
| Crispus Attucks | The first person killed in the Boston Massacre |
| George III | British leader during colonial times |
| Patrick Henry | Said, "...give me liberty, or give me death!" |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson | Famous poet who wrote the "Concord Hymn". |
| Boston Tea Party | Colonists rebellion against British taxes |
| The shot heard around the world | The battles at Lexington and Concord |
