Vocabulary

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American Revolution: The war against the British for our independence.

Yorktown: Last battle in American revolution.

Cornwallis: A famous British general.

Contintal Army: The American army.

Port: a place where boats dock and unload cargo.

British: The American enemy.

Bunker Hill: A famous battle  in The American Revolution.

Breeds Hill: the hill that the British And The Americans fought over during the Battle Of Bunker Hill.

Howe: A famous British general.

Ammunition: Bullets.

Patriots: Someone against Great Britain.

Bayonets: A knife like spear on the tip of a gun.

Declaration Of Independence: A document that declared our independence from Great Britain.

Constitution: a written plan of government.

French and Indian war: A famous war leading to the American Revolution.

Boston tea party: A group of people went to Boston Harbor and dumped tea overboard.

Intolerable Acts: a tax attempt by Great Britain.

Gage: A famous British general

Concord: The place that the Battle of Lexington& Concord took place.

Captain Thomas Preston: A famous British captain involved in the Boston Massacre.

Manslaughter: A murder.

Parliament: The British government.

Loyalists: Colonists who are loyal to the British king.

Representatives: Someone who represents a country.

Stamp Act: a tax attempt by the British.

Repealed: to take away.

Duty: a tax on an item

Government: A government and the president runs a country together.

Boycott: Is when a group of people get together and stop buying an item.