| A | B |
|---|
| Stamp Act | tax on paper, repealed by the British |
| Boston Tea Party | protest against the tea tax |
| George Washington | leader of the Continental Army |
| Lexington and Concord | first battles of the Revolutionary War |
| Intolerable Acts | England passed these to punish Massachusetts |
| boycott | refuse to buy goods as a protest |
| Patriots | colonists who wanted independence |
| Loyalists | colonists who wanted to remain with England |
| Tories | another name for Loyalists |
| Battles of Cowpens, Sullivan's Island, Kings Mtn. | Patriot victories in war |
| military expenses | reason England passed new taxes for the colonists |
| taxation without representation | main reason that Patriots were upset with England |
