Today you will be working independently to learn American Revolutionary War vocabulary.

You will first:

-learn the new vocabulary words.

-answer the questions / complete the activities

​Taxes

Money paid by citizens to support their government.

Taxation without Representation

A situation in which the government imposes taxes on individuals who don't have representation within that government.

Tariffs

A special tax placed on imported goods

Militia

A body of citizens with some military training who are called to active duty only in an emergency.

Sons of Liberty

A group of colonial men who protested the unfair taxes of the British.

Continental Army

The army of the United Colonies representing the Thirteen Colonies and later the United States during the American Revolutionary War.