The American Revolution

Define History

100

a British soldier whose uniform was red

redcoat

200

The colonists who rejected British rule were called ______________________________________________ because they wanted the United States to be an independent nation.

patriots

300

individuals who supported the British government during the American Revolution

loyalists

400

the first law passed by the British parliament to tax the colonists

Stamp Act

500

to refuse to buy items from a particular country or business

boycott

Dated History

100

The United States and Great Britain signed the Treaty of Paris, which ended the Revolutionary War.

September 3, 1783

200

The Boston Massacre was a fight between Patriots and British soldiers during which several colonists were killed.

March 5, 1770

300

At the end of the French and Indian War, the British issued the Proclamation of 1763, which banned colonists from settling on land west of the 13 colonies.

October 7, 1763

400

Minutemen and redcoats fought at Lexington and Concord. This was called “the shot heard 'round the world” and it was the start of the Revolutionary War

April 19 ,1775

500

When the British parliament began to tax tea, the colonists decided to boycott all British tea. Then, as an act of protest, a group of patriots threw British tea into the water. This was known as the Boston Tea Party.

December 16, 1773

Verbs

100

a word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence, and forming the main part of the predicate of a sentence, such as hear, become, happen.

Verb

200

sometimes called auxiliary verbs) are, as the name suggests, verbs that help another verb.

Helping Verb

300

tells you when a person did something or when something existed or happened.

Verb Tense

400

connects the subject of a sentence with a word that gives information about the subject, such as a condition or relationship

Linking Verb

500

the form of a verb, typically ending in -ed in English, which is used to talk about what has or hasn't happened and sometimes as an adjective

Past Participle

Grammar

100

most important or central idea of a paragraph

main idea

200

drawing or plan that shows the parts of something or how parts work together

diagram

300

a word or phrase that gives important information about an event

key details

400

a talk between two or more people

dialogue

500

making a conclusion from context clues

inference

Fix it

100

My dog is running down the street the last time I saw her.

was

200

I will going to the store with my mom later

will be

300

We fix the car yesterday

fixed

400

I am listen to my radio.

listening

500

My class is playing in the gym. They is having a great time.

was, were