| A | B |
|---|
| revolution | to want a change |
| Loyalists | wanted England to control the colonies |
| Patriots | wanted colonies to be independent |
| Declaration of Independence | paper signed by 13 colonies to be independent |
| plantation | a large farm in the southern colonies |
| privy | outhouse to go to the bathroom |
| Stamp Act | tax for newspapapers, cards, deeds |
| Tea Party | colonists dumped tea in Boston Harbor |
| Continental Congress | first government of the colonies |
| Redcoats | British soldiers |
| neutral | you do not choose a side |
| Continental Army | soldiers for the colonies |
| treason | when someone helped the enemy |
| "Molly Pitchers" | women who helped in the war |
| "town crier" | person who yelled the news all over the town who |
| Tory | British person |
| Parliament | government that ran England |
| merchant | person who had a store and sold goods |
