| A | B |
|---|
| allow | to let someone do something |
| British | Having to do with England |
| cargo | a load of goods or products carried by ship, etc. |
| fire | to shoot (a gun) |
| import | to bring goods or products into a country |
| intolerable | too much to endure |
| protest | words or actions that show someone is against something |
| rights | things the law allows |
| ruler | person who is head of a government |
| Parliament | the group of people who make laws in England |
| pass | to make or enact a law |
| repeal | to do away with a law |
| indepenent | free from the control of another |
| provide | to give something such as food to a person |
| massacre | the killing of many people in a cruel way |
| representative | person chosen to help decide about laws |
| tax | money that has to be paid to a government |
| rule | control or government by a person or group |
| Stamp Act | tax on official papers |
| Proclamation of 1763 | said land west of Appalachians is for Indians |
| Boston Massacre | snowball throwing colonists killed |
| minutemen | colonial soldiers |
| Boston Tea Party | protest when colonists dressed as Indians |
| Intolerable Acts | punishment for the Tea Party |
| First Continental Congress | colonists said they'd fight if necessary |
| Lexington | first shots of Revolution here |
| Concord | colonial war supplies stored here |
| Paul Revere | made a midnight ride to warn of British attack |
| Second Continental Congress | established a colonial army |
| self-evident | clear |
| created | made |
| endowed | given |
| Creator | God |
| unalienable | not to be given up |
| pursuit | search |
| secure | keep safe |
| instituted | established |
| deriving | getting |
| just | fair |
| powers | control |
| consent | agreement |
| the governed | the people |
| battle | a fight between two armies |
| commander | the leader of an army |
| treaty | written agreement between two countries |
| defeat | beat someone in a war or battle |
| surrender | give up to an enemy or stop fighting |
| fort | place with strong walls to protect soldiers |
| troops | groups of soldiers |
| navy | grou of ships belonging to a government |
| Valley Forge | difficult winter camp for colonials |
| Yorktown | where British general surrendered to Washington |
| Washington | leader of the Continental Army |
| Sybil Ludington | rode to tell that British captured Danbury |
