| A | B |
| Townshend Acts | place tax on paper goods, silk and tea |
| Writ of assistance | let a customs officer inspect a ship |
| Sons of liberty | protest grroup responsible for the Boston Tea party |
| Quartering Act | forced colonists to house British soldiers |
| commitee of correspondence | kept colonists informed of British Actions |
| Boston Massacre | snowball fight which turned into British soldier shooting colonists |
| Stamp Act | Tax put on all legal documents |
| Nonimportation agreements | Colonists' promise to stop importing goods taxed by the Townshensd Acts |
| Blockade | Blocks supplies from coming in or out of a port |
| Patriots | Colonists against Britain |
| Loyalists | Colonists loyal to the British King |
| Common Sense | Pamphlet which encouraged the colonists to declare independence from Britain |
| Lexington & Concord | The 1st battle of the revolution |
| Yorktown | The last battle of the revolution |
| Saratoga | The turning point of the revolution |
| Ethan Allen | Leader of the Green Mountain Boys |
| Treaty of Paris | Ends the Revolution-U.S Becomes a Free Nation |
| George Washington | Leader of the Continental Army-Becomes 1st U.S. President |
| Thomas Jefferson | Wrote the Declaration Of Independence-Becomes 3rd U.S. President |
| John Paul Jones | American Naval Captain involve in many American Naval Victories |