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| 133481518 | government | the laws and people that rule a country | |
| 133481519 | French and Indian war | war between Great Britian and France | |
| 133481520 | Stamp Act | placed taxes on items like newspapers and pamphlets | |
| 133481521 | Patriots | colonists who were against British rule | |
| 133481522 | Loyalists | colonists who remained loyal to Britain | |
| 133481523 | militia | a volunteer group of soldiers | |
| 133481524 | American Revolution | war fought by the 13 colonies to gain their freedom from Great Britain | |
| 133481525 | Continental Congress | a meeting of colonial leaders to talk about how they should deal with Great Britain | |
| 133481526 | Declaration of Independence | a document written by Thomas Jefferson explaining why the 13 colonies should be free of British rule | |
| 133481527 | George Washington | first President of the United States who fought in the French and Indian War and led the Continental Army during the American Revolution | |
| 133481528 | William Johnson | British leader who convinced the Iroquois not to take sides in the French and Indian War | |
| 133481529 | Ethan Allen | leader of the Green Mountain Boys who captured Fort Ticonderoga from the British in the American Revolution | |
| 133481530 | John Jay | wrote many important papers during the Continental Congress | |
| 133481531 | Thomas Jefferson | wrote the Declaration of Independence | |
| 133481532 | Fort Niagara | fort built by the French at the mouth of the Niagara River | |
| 133481533 | Fort Ticonderoga | fort located between Lake George and Lake Champlain | |
| 133481534 | surrender | to give up | |
| 133481535 | retreat | to turn back | |
| 133481536 | Battle of Saratoga | battle won by the Americans - it helped convince France that the Americans could win the Revolutionary War | |
| 133481537 | Battle of Yorktown | final battle of the Revolutionary War | |
| 133481538 | Sarah Jay | wife of patriot John Jay | |
| 133481539 | Sybil Ludington | daughter of a colonel in the New York milita - she warned militia members that the British had arrived in Danbury | |
| 133481540 | John Burgoyne | British general who was defeated at the Battle of Saratoga | |
| 133481541 | Joseph Brant | Mohawk leader who sided with the British at the Battle of Oriskany | |
| 133481542 | Horatio Gates | American general who defeated the British at the Battle of Saratoga |
