1. To withdraw or cancel. Repeal

2. Patriot and president of the Continental Congress from 1775-1777 John Hancock

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

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

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

6. 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

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

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

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

10. Revolutionary War officer who helped drive the British from Boston in 1776. Henry Knox

11. Someone who turns against his or her country. Traitor

12. Patriot and leader in the American Revolution Samuel Adams

13. American Patriot who wrote “Common Sense” in 1776. Thomas Paine

14. Patriot and former slave who was one of the first people killed in the Boston Massacre in 1770. Crispus Attucks

15. An American colonist who supported the fight for independence. Patriot

16. Commander of the British forces in the American colonies from 1775 to 1778. William Howe

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

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

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

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

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

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

23. Third President of the US from 1801 to 1809. He was author of the Declaration of Independence and responsible for the Louisiana Purchase. Thomas Jefferson

24. The killing of five colonists during a conflict with British soldiers in Boston in 1770. Boston Massacre

25. 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