| A | B |
|---|
| Parliament | law making body of Great Britain |
| Redcoats | nickname for British soldiers |
| Minutemen | citizen soldiers ready to fight at a moment's notice |
| Loyalists | colonial citizens who supported Britain |
| Patriots | colonial citizens who supported a Revolution |
| Battle of Trenton | Washington secretly crosses the Delaware River to defeat the British |
| Saratoga Campaign | American victory that secures an alliance with France |
| Valley Forge | A terrible winter endured by the Americans who come out revived and reorganized |
| Yorktown | The British are surrounded with the French cutting off an ocean escape |
| Lexington | Known as the "shot heard 'round the world" |
| Pontiac's Rebellion | reason why British Parliament passed the Proclamation of 1763 forbidding settlement across the Appalachian Mountains |
| French and Indian War debt | reasons why British Parliament began taxing the colonies |
| Boycott | a refusal to purchase certain goods as a show of protest |
| Smuggling | the illegal movement of goods into or out of a country. |
| Protest | a statement or action expressing disapproval of or objection to something |
| First Continental Congress | meeting where colonies agreed to boycott British goods and write a Declaration of Rights |
| Second Continental Congress | meeting where colonies agreed to create a Continental Army and choose George Washington to lead it and to send an Olive Branch Petition to attempt peace with Britain |
| Thomas Jefferson | main writer of the Declaration of Independence |
| Declaration of Independence | document stating that the colonies would like to absolve their relationship with Great Britain |
| U.S. advantages | Familiar with the land, forests, hills, etc and a Motivating cause to fight for |
| British advantages | Powerful Navy, well trained soldiers, and a stronger economy |
| George Washington | leader of the Continental Army |
| Treaty of Paris | Britain recognizes America’s independence, gives up land, and America will NOT persecute Loyalists |
| Taxation without Representation | The colonies do not have a voice in the British government |
