| A | B |
|---|
| Minutemen | Name given to New England militia |
| Redcoats | name given to British soldiers |
| Sugar Act | inacted in 1764, taxed coffee |
| Quartering Act | Colonist ordered to supply and house British soldiers |
| The Stamp Act | Taxed all paper products |
| Townshend Act | Taxed all imported goods |
| Boston Massacre | Started by a snowball fight |
| British Parliament | Inacted the Tea Act |
| Sons of Liberty | Responsible for Tea Party |
| Boston Tea Party | Sons of Liberty protested certain tax |
| Intolerable Acts | created to punish the Massachusetts colony |
| Continental Congress | Created for the purposes of drawing consensus within the colonies for action against the growing threat of British occupation |
| Declaration of Independence | Purpose was to tell world why America was breaking from British rule |
| George Washington | First commander of Continental Army |
| Continental Army | Name of first American military |
| Tar and Feathering | As a result of the Stamp Act, colonist rebelled and terrorized tax collectors |
| Boycott British Goods | colonist reaction to Sugar Act and Townshend Acts |
| British East India Company | Gained control over American Tea Treade |
| opposed | American Colonies did this towards the Sugar Act |
| Thomas Jefferson | wrote Declaration of Indedendence |
| John Hancock | First to sign the Declaration of Independence |
| Thomas Gage | British General |
| Paul Revere | warned the colonist of the British attack |
| Midnight Ride | Paul Revere known for |
| Patriots | supported the rebels |
| Loyalist | supported the British |
| Lexington | shot heard around the world |
| Concord | Battle proved American were willing to die for thier rights |
| Bunker Hill | An American defeat, but heroic stand |
| French and Indian War | Named 7 year war, actually lasted 9 years |
