| A | B |
| revenue | incoming money |
| writs of assistance | legal documents which allow officers to search houses for smuggled goods |
| resolution | a formal expression of opinion |
| effigies | rag figures that represent unpopular tax collectors |
| boycott | refuse to buy |
| nonimportation | agreement to not import or use goods imported from Great Britian |
| repeal | cancel |
| hessians | mercenaries who lived in Germany |
| Nathan Hale | a man who proved himself to be a hero in Long Island |
| patriot | american who supports independence |
| nuetral | taking neither side |
| loyalists | those who remained loyal to Britian and opposed the war for independence |
| mercenaries | hired soldiers |
| recruit | enlist |
| deserters | soldiers who ran away during the war |