| A | B |
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| King George III | King of England who imposed many taxes on the colonists |
| French and Indian War | war between France and England over land |
| Sugar Act | a tax colonists had to pay on molasses and rum to raise money to pay French and Indian War debts |
| Stamp Act | a tax that required colonists to purchase stamps for printed materials like newspapers |
| Townshend Acts | this act taxed many goods brought into the colonies like glass, paper, tea, and paint |
| Boston Massacre | On March of 1770 colonists led by Crispus Attucks threw snowballs at British soldiers, they fired killing 5 colonists |
| Boston Tea Party | Massachusetts patriots dressed like Mohawk Indians and protested tea act by dumping tea into harbor |
| Intolerable Acts | several laws to punish colonists for the tea party |
| Paul Revere | one of the men who rode on horseback to warn the patriots that the British were coming to Concord |
| Minutemen | patriots ready to fight at a moment's notice |
| George Washington | Commander in Chief of the Continental Army |
| Thomas Paine | wrote the book Common Sense wanting to convince the colonists to break ties with Britian |
| Declaration of Independence | written by Thomas Jefferson, it explained the need to seperate from Britain |
| Marquis de Lafayette | French officer that joined the army to help the patriots |
| Benedict Arnold | traitor who plotted to turn over an American fort to the British for a lot of money |
| Elizabeth Freeman | an African American slave who sued to be free in Massachusetts, her victory abolished slavery in Massachusetts |
| Lord Cornwallis | surrendered his British army at Yorktown, Virginia ending the war |
| Debra Sampson | dressed up as a man so she could fight in the war |
| Benjamin Franklin | went to France to convince the French to fight with the patriots |
| Sons and Daughters of Liberty | this group was organized in reaction to the Stamp Act to protest acts and taxes |
| Battle of Bunker Hill | a strategic war location, both sides suffered lossed but the patriots were forced to retreat |
| Battles of Concord and Lexington | "the shot heard 'round the world" these battles marked the beginning of the Revolutionary War |
| Valley Forge | American army spent the winter here suffering from great hardship |
| Battle of Saratoga | British surrendered at this battle in 1777, American Independed looked very promising |
