| A | B |
|---|
| Patriots | American colonists who fought for freedom |
| Loyalists | Colonists who sided with Britain and were loyal to King George |
| Sons of Liberty | A group of colonists led by Samuel Adams who formed a secret group to oppose British taxes |
| boycott | to stop trading with a country |
| militia | volunteer army for colonists |
| Parliament | the British government |
| repeal | the act of putting an end to a law or act |
| seize | to take hold of something |
| retreat | to withdraw from enemy forces |
| minuteman | members of the militia that could be ready for battle in minutes |
| intolerable | unable to be endured-too hard to handle |
| The Stamp Act | This act said that the colonists had to pay a tax on anything printed on paper |
| The Townshend Acts | This act placed a tax on imported goods |
| The Boston Tea Party | Colonists dumped chests of tea in the Boston Harbor |
| The Intolerable Acts | There were 5 acts but the most damaging was closing the Boston Harbor |
| First Continental Congress | Representatives from the colonies met to decide what to do about the Intolerable Acts |
| The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere | This is when Revere rode into Lexington to warn the colonists that the British were coming |
| Battle at Lexington and Concord | This marked the beginnnig of the Revolutionary war |
