| A | B |
| watershed event | when something happens that changes things so they can never go back to the way they were |
| liberty | the right to freedom |
| life | the right to be alive and have the things you need to take care of yourself |
| multiple causation | the idea that many things can cause something to happen |
| natural rights | the things you are born with that no one should be able to take away |
| perspective | the point of view a person has |
| pursuit of happiness | the right to live in a way that makes you happy as long as it doesn't hurt others |
| shot heard around the world | meant that the battles were important because they caused other people in the world to fight for freedom too |
| taxation without representation | meant that the colonists would not pay taxes unless they had a say in what taxes they should pay |
| lexington and concord | Towns in Boston where the first shots were fired |