| A | B |
|---|
| Acts | Unfair laws passed by Briatin that affected the colonies in many ways. |
| Debt | Unpaind bills. Britain had a lot of this after fighting the French and Indian War. |
| Protest | Many colonists did this to show they were unhappy with the unfair laws passed by Britain. |
| Taxation Without Representation | This made the colonists extremely angry because they were taxed without having any representatives in the British government. |
| Independence | Freedom from control of another country. |
| Neutralist | Colonist who was undecided about independence from Britain. |
| Patriot | Colonist who argued that the colonies should not separate from |
| Loyalists | Colonist who argued that the colonies should not separate from Britain. |
| Common Sense | Booklet that encouraged colonists to declare independence from Britain. (written by Thomas Paine aka T-Paine.) |
| Second Continental Congress | Group of delegates (representatives) that acted as the government for the American colonies. |
| Declaration Of Independence | Document in which the American colonists explain their reasons for separating from Britain. (Think life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness collage.) |
| The American Revolution | The fight between Britain and the American colonies in which the colonies gained their independence. |
| Allies | Countries and individuals who helped the Americans fight the British. |
| Strategies | Plans for how to fight a war. |
