| A | B |
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| Tea Act | 1773 law that only East India Company could sell to America |
| East India Company | British Company that sold tea to America |
| monoply | control of a product or serive that results in fixed prices and elimates competition |
| Boston Tea Party | 1773 protest against British tax on tea where colonist dumped 3 shiploads of tea into the Boston harbor |
| Coercive Acts | laws passed by the British to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party |
| Intolerable Acts | Name the colonist called the Coercive Acts |
| Committee of Correspondence | colonial groups that protested British rules |
| First Continental Congress | 1774 First Meeting where colonist demanded the removal of Intolerable acts |
| Patriots | a person who was in favor of independace for the american colonies |
| Minute Men | cilvillian soldiers trained to fight on short notice |
| Concord | 1 of 2 Massachusetts towns where the first battles of the Revolutionary War were fought |
| Lexington | 1 of 2 Massachusetts towns where the first battles of the Revolutionary War were fought |
| Revolutionary War | War between the Colonist and Great Britian |
| Battle of Bunker Hill | Major Battle of the Revolutionary War- British suffered heavy losses |
| 2nd Continental Congress | Meeting where the Declaration of Independance was written and approved |
| Olive Branch Petition | Plea sent to King George III asking for protection of the colonies from British Parliment |
| Dorchester Heights | George Washington's first victory against the British |
| Loyalist / Tory | Americans who stayed loyal to King of England |
| Whigs | American who believed in colonial Independence from King George |
| United States of America | 1776 Country formed by the 13 colonist in North America who declared Independance |
| tyranny | Oppressive and unjust government |
| Declaration of Independance | Document that declared American Independance from Great Brittian |
| Fourth of July | the day we celebrate the anniversary of the signing of the declaration if Independance |
| Battle of Long Island | Where British General Howe defeated Washington's amry |
| mercenaries | Soldiers who were paid to fight |
| Battle of Trenton | Washington attack on Hessians camp where not a single american was killed |
| Battle of Princeton | Battle where Washington defeated 2 British armies |
| treaty of alliance | Agreement among Countries to support in case of attack |
| Valley Forge | Washington's winter camp where thousands of men died due to harsh weather and desertion |
| Battle of Monmouth Court House | British defeat by George Washington in 1778 |
| King's Mountian | site of Tory defeat in South Carolina |
| Battle of Cowpens | 1781 defeat of the British in South Carolina |
| Guilford Court House | Site of American Victory in South Carolina |
| Yorktown | Site where Cornwallis surrendered to Washington ending the Revolutionary War |
