| A | B |
|---|
| colonists | people who lived in the 13 colonies |
| colony | a group of people who build a settlement in a new land |
| settle | to make a permanent home in a new area |
| fight | physical combat or battle |
| king | a male ruler of a kingdom |
| soldier | one who serves in military service like the army |
| country | a nation and its territory |
| war | an armed hostile conflict |
| democracy | government by the people |
| compromise | an agreement or a settlement with both sides making concessions |
| goods | supplies and other things the colonist bought and sold |
| tax | extra money paid when buying goods |
| boycott | when people stop buying somthing to force a change |
| Declaration of Independence | document written by Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and John Adams that declared America was independent from Great Britain |
| Valley Forge | place where George Washington and the army spent the winter of 1777 and where 2000 soldiers died |
| Treaty of Paris | said the United States was free from Great Britain and could settle on more land and trade for goods |
| Articles of Confederation | first set of laws and rules followed by the Colonists |
| Constitution of the United States | the supreme law of the United States |
| Bill of Rights | the first 10 amendments of the United States Constitution gives specific guarantees of personal freedoms and rights |
