| A | B |
|---|
| Loyalists | People in America who remained on the side of Britain. (145) |
| Battle of Bunker Hill | Battle to control strategic high ground of Boston in June 1775. (145) |
| Shot Heard 'Round the World | Name given to gunshots that started the Revolutionary War in Lexington, Massachusetts. (144) |
| Continental Congress | Leaders from the colonies met in Philadelphia in 1774 to act together against the British government. (141-142) |
| Patriots | People who wanted to fight for American independence from Britain. (145) |
| Minutemen | Massachusetts militia men who were ready to fight the British. (142) |
| militias | Volunteer citizen soldiers of the colonies. (142) |
| Lexington & Concord | Two Massachusetts towns where the Revolutionary War began on April 18, 1775. (143-144) |
| Fort Ticonderoga | The British military base captured by colonial militia on May 10, 1775. (144) |
| Paul Revere | Sons of Liberty member who warned Massachusetts citizens that British soldiers were coming. (143) |
