| A | B |
|---|
| control | VERB - have power over someone or something else |
| protest | VERB - say or do something to show that you disagree with something or think it's unfair |
| destroy | VERB - damage something very badly so it can't be used again; ruin |
| leader | NOUN - a person in control of a group, country, situation, etc |
| supplies | PLURAL NOUN - the things you need for something |
| injured | ADJECTIVE - hurt |
| document | NOUN - an important piece of paper with official information |
| independent | ADJ - confident, free, not controlled by others |
| trade | VERB - buy, sell, or exchange products, especially between countries |
| soldier | NOUN - someone who is in the military |
| upset | worried, angry, or unhappy |
| must | need to; necessary |
| tax | money you pay to the government |
| decide | make a choice or judgment about something |
| harbor | a safe place for ships to load, unload, etc. |
| wear | to have clothes on your body |
| prepare | get ready |
| revolution | a big change in how a country is governed, sometimes using violence or war |
| liberty | freedom |
| give up | quit; stop trying to do something |
| battle | a fight between two armies |
| sailor | someone who works on a ship |
| sign | write your name on a document to show that you agree with it |
| Boston Tea Party | Colonists threw a shipment of tea into the water to protest British taxes, 1773 |
| Continental Congress | a meeting where colonists began to plan revolution, 1774 |
| Declaration of Independence | the document that said the colonists wanted to be free from England, 1776 |
| Revolutionary War | the war between the American Colonies and England, 1775 to 1783 |
| Independence Day | celebrated July 4th because the U.S. colonists declared themselves independent on this day by signing the Declaration on Independence |
| colony | a country or area that's controlled by another country |
| Colonists | Europeans who came to live in North American colonies |
| not... anymore | no longer; something happened or was true in the past, but not now |
