2.  Fighting for the American side

3.  Fighting for the British side

4.  Professional, paid German soldiers to fight for
the British side

5.  an act of voluntarily abstaining from using,
buying, or dealing with a country as an
expression of protest

6.  Various answers:
 Tea Act
 Intolerable Acts
 Sugar Act
 Stamp Act
 Quartering Act

7.  British needed more money after the French
and Indian War.
 Taxed the colonists to let them know who was
in charge.

8. Continental Army vs. British Army
C.A. – less skill and supplies
B.A. – well trained, experience, and strong army
Both – armies fighting for the American land

9. Patriots vs. Loyalists
Patriots – for American independence, not
wanting a king
Loyalists – for staying loyal to the king
Both – colonists living in America

10.  It declared our freedom
 Another event that started the war
 Brought the colonists together against the
British

11.  The higher taxes
 Boston Massacre
 “taxation without representation”
 Didn’t want to be ruled by a king so far away

12. American Side: British Side:
 George Washington - General Cornwallis
 Paul Revere - King George III
 Ben Franklin
 Thomas Jefferson