To withdraw or cancel. Repeal

Patriot and president of the Continental Congress from John Hancock

A law passed in Britain in 1765 requiring colonists to pay a tax on newspapers, legal documents, pamphlets and even playing cards. Stamp Act

A group of volunteers who fought in times of emergency during the colonial period and the American Revolution. Militia

Virginia Burgess who encouraged the colonists to fight for their independence from Great Britain. Patrick Henry

Boston Patriot and silversmith who, on the night of April 18, 1775 rode to warn the people of Lexington that British troops were coming. Paul Revere

Patriot who rode with Paul Revere on April 18, 1775 to warn the colonists the British troops were coming. William Dawes

Colonial general in the Continental army who later became a traitor to the American Revolution. Benedict Arnold

Volunteer soldiers who defended the colonies against the British at a minute’s notice. Minutemen

Revolutionary War officer who helped drive the British from Boston in Henry Knox

Someone who turns against his or her country. Traitor

Patriot and leader in the American Revolution Samuel Adams

American Patriot who wrote “Common Sense” in Thomas Paine

Patriot and former slave who was one of the first people killed in the Boston Massacre in Crispus Attucks

An American colonist who supported the fight for independence. Patriot

Commander of the British forces in the American colonies from 1775 to William Howe

Commander of the British forces in North America during the American Revolution. Thomas Gage

Wife of John Adams who reported the colonists were preparing a protest in Boston. Abigail Adams

A colonist who supported Great Britain in the American Revolution. Loyalist

A 1773 protest against British taxes;colonists disguised as Mohawks dumped tea into Boston Harbor. Boston Tea Party

To refuse to do business or have contact with a person, group, country or product. Boycott

Leader of the “Green Mountain Boys” the Vermont militia men who captured Fort Ticonderoga in the American Revolution. Ethan Allen

Third President of the US from 1801 to He was author of the Declaration of Independence and responsible for the Louisiana Purchase. Thomas Jefferson

The killing of five colonists during a conflict with British soldiers in Boston in Boston Massacre

The document issued by the Second Continental Congress on July 4,1776, explaining why the colonies were breaking away from Great Britain. Declaration of Independence