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revolutionary war
vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Sons of liberty | secret group of colonists founded to protest Stamp act |
| Militias | civilian soldiers who are trained to fight but not part of the regular army |
| Patriots | colonists who fought against British rule |
| Parliament | the government of great Britian, includes the king, the house of commons, the house of lords and the prime minister |
| Loyalist | colonists who remained loyal to the king during the American revolution |
| Redcoats | nickname for British soldiers because of their red uniform coats |
| Continental congress | the legislative assembly composed of delegates from the rebel colonies who met during and after the American revolution |
| Minutemen | colonists who could be ready in a minute to fight 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 British government placed on newspapers, books and documents sold in colonies |
| Boston massacre | the killing oof five men by British soldiers on March 5th, 1770 |
| Paul revere | rode on 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 |