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Revolutionary War
Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Sons of Liberty | A secret group of colonists founded to protest Stamp Act. |
| Militias | Civilian soldiers who are trained to fight but not of the regular army. |
| Patriots | Colonists who fought against the British rule. |
| Parliament | The Government of Great Britan includes the kings, the house of commons, the house of lords and the prime minister. |
| loyalists | Colonists who remained loyal to the king during the American Revolution |
| Redcoats | Nickname for the British soldiers because of their red coats |
| Continental Congress | The legislative assembly composed of delegates from the rebels colonies who met during and after the Revolution . |
| Minutemen | Colonists who could be ready in a minute to fight back against the British |
| Boston Tea Party | Boston citizens disguised as Indians raided three British ships and dumped chests of tea into the harbor as a protest against taxes on tea. |
| Stamp Act | Tax that the British government placed on newspapers, books and documents sold in the colonies. |
| Boston Massacre | The killing of five men by the British soldiers on March 5, 1770 |
| Paul Revere | Rode on a horseback from Boston to Lexington and Concord to warn that the Redcoats were coming. |
| Treaty of Paris | Provisional peace treaty signed after Lord Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown |