Matching Pairs The American RevolutionOnline version Match some of the most important concepts about the topic with their definitions by Valeria Ramírez Pino 1 Independence 2 Patriots 3 Revolution 4 Boston Tea Party 5 Tax 6 Declaration of Independence 7 Loyalists the colonists living in the British North American colonies who rebelled against the authority of the crown freedom from the control, influence, support, aid, or the like, of others Document that declared the American colonies' independence from Britain a complete overthrow and replacement of an established government by force Protest against British taxation in which colonists dumped tea into the harbor a sum of money paid to a government for its support, based on income, etc. those who lived in the colonies and remained faithful to the Crown