| A | B |
|---|
| patriot | colonist opposed to British rule |
| loyalist | colonists who remained loyal to Britain |
| Stamp Act | placed taxes on tea and other goods |
| Boston Massacre | British soldiers and colonial protestors clashed and people were shocked when British soldiers killed British citizens |
| Boston Tea Party | protest against the British tax on tea |
| American Revolution was also called ... | the Revolutionary War and lasted from 1775-1783 |
| George Washinton and his men crossed the Delaware in ... | The Battle of Trenton |
| The Continental Congress was a group of colonial leaders who met in Philadelphia to talk about... | how they should deal with Great Britain |
| The Continental Congress wrote letters to Britain to ... | ask them to stop fighting |
| By 1776, The Continental Congress agreed that the colonies should ... | become free from British rule |
| Thomas Jefferson wrote... | The Declaration of Independence |
| George Washington... | led the Continental Army because he was fit for the job(became first president of US) |
| Ethan Allen | leader of the Green Mountain Boys |
| John Hancock | president of the Continental Congress and first to sign the Declaration of Independence |
| Nathan Hale | famous for the quote"I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country" |
| Benedict Arnold | a famous spy and traitor to the patriots |
| Paul Revere | a patriot who carried news to Lexington that the British were coming |
| John Jay | was a member of the Continental Congress who wrote many important congressional papers |
| Sybil Ludington | warned people in the countryside of the attack and to tell the militia to gather at the Ludington's |
| Mary Ludwig Hayes | carried water back and forth to the exhausted troops |
| Margaret Cochran Corbin | only soldier of the American Revolution to be buried at West Point Military Academy |
| Deborah Sampson | only woman to secretly enlist and serve as a man during the war |
