| A | B |
|---|
| Battle of Lexington and Concord | first battle of the Revolutionary War |
| Revolutionary War | began in 1775 in a battle to win independence from Great Britain |
| George Washington | comander in chief of the American forces |
| Trenton | American victory after Washington led his troops across the Delaware River |
| Saratoga, NY | American victory that turned the tide of the war |
| Treaty of Paris | ended the war in 1783 by recognizing the independence of the colonies |
| Red coats | British soldiers |
| Quarter Act | British law allowing British soldiers to be housed in colonist's homes |
| Loyalists | people loyal to the King |
| Revolution | change, can be violent |
| First Continental Congress | formed in 1774 to protest certain actions taken by the British government |
| Declaration of Independence | list of grivances against the King of England, declared independence for the colonies |
| minutemen | colonist troops |
| writs of assistance | law handed down by the King of England that gave the British soldiers the right to search the colonist's homes and seize property |
