| A | B |
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| Conflicts that lead to Rev War | French & Indian War, taxes, harsher laws |
| Patriots | American colonists who sided with the rebels in the American Revolution |
| Loyalists | Colonists that remained loyal to the King |
| Neutral | Colonists not involved with government policies |
| British | People in England including King George III |
| Proclamation of 1763 | law forbiding colonists from moving west |
| Stamp Act | tax on written materials |
| Townshend Acts | laws & taxes created by Prime Minister of England to pay war debt |
| Tea Act | tax on tea |
| Intolerable Acts | 4 laws to punish Boston for Boston Tea Party |
| Boston Tea Party | protest by colonists for the Tea Act |
| boycotts | colonists way of protesting laws & taxes |
| Sons of Liberty | secret organization that wanted colonies to declare their independence |
| petitions & appeals to Parliament | official documents & letters sent to King George to ask for representatives in Parliament |
| American independence | done by a document that explains to the world why Colonies wanted to break away from England |
| Battle of Lexington & Concord | 1 battle of Revolutionary War |
| Battle of Saratoga | turning point in Revolutionary War |
| Battle of Yorktown | last major battle of Revolutionary War |
| Treaty of Paris | stated that English Colonies were the United States not under British rule |
| King George III | Ruler of England during Revolutionary War |
| John Adams | member of Continental Congress that organize communication between Colonies & King |
| Samuel Adams | member of Sons of Liberty helped inform people about independence |
| Benjamin Franklin | highly respected member of colonial government, his opinion was very important |
| George Washington | commander of Colonial Army |
| Thomas Jefferson | wrote the Declaration of Independence |
| Thomas Paine | influenced colonists by writing "Common Sense" |
| "...Governments are instituted among Men.." | people create government |
| "...deriving their just Powers from the Consent of the Governed..." | government gets its power from the people |
| representative government | sending people to vote for us |
| "...all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights..." | we believe that all people have the rights of life, freedom & finding happiness |
