| A | B |
|---|
| Lexington & Concord | Marked the start of the Revolution |
| Patriot | colonists who favored American independence |
| casualties | people killed, wounded, or missing as the result of a battle |
| Quartering Act | Law requiring colonists to house British soldiers in their homes |
| Redcoats | what the colonials commonly call the British troops |
| guerrillas | fighters who use hit-and-run tactics |
| duties | import taxes |
| Minutemen | members of colonial rebel militias who could be ready to fight quickly |
| loyalist | a colonists who strongly opposed American independence |
| mercenaries | soldiers for hire |
| blockade | the use of navel ships to cut off trade and supplies |
| levy | to require by authority |
| Thomas Jefferson | Main author of the Declaration of Independence |
| George Washington | appointed by 2nd Continental Congress to command army |
| French and Indian War | Caused England to be in great debt |
| Sam Adams | organized the Committees of Correspondence |
| Committees of Correspondence | formed to share information with people in other colonies |
| Boston Tea Party | colonial protest against the tea tax |
| Quartering Act | required colonists to house English soldiers in their homes |
| Proclamation of 1763 | prevented anyone from settling west of the appalachians |
