| A | B |
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| Militia | a small army made up of ordinary citizens who are trained to fight in an emergency |
| Tyranny | the unjust use of government power |
| Repeal | to take back, or to cancel, a law |
| Boycott | to refuse to buy one or more goods from a certain source |
| Independence | freedom from control by another government or country |
| Petition | a formal, written request to an official person or organization |
| Natural Rights | rights common to everyone, as opposed to those given by law |
| Strategy | an overall plan, such as for winning a war |
| Ally | a nation that joins another nation in some common effort |
| Rebellion | a violent attempt to resist or overthrow the government or another authority |
| Thomas Paine | Author of Common Sense |
| John Adams | Lawyer for British soldiers in the Boston Massacre |
| Cripus Attucks | First person killed at the Boston Massacre |
| King George III | Rejected the Olive Branch Petition |
| Thomas Jefferson | Wrote the Declaration of Independence |
| George Greenville | Prime Minister of the British Government who passed the Stamp Act |
| Samuel Adams | Leader of the Sons of Liberty and organizer of the Boston Tea Party |
| Charles Cornwallis | British General who surrendered at Yorktown |
| Paul Revere | Rode from Boston to Lexington to warn of British troop movement |
| Fredrick North | Prime Minister of the British Government who passed the Townshend Acts |
