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| 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 the British rule |
| parliament | the government of Great Britain, includes the king, the house of commons, the house of lords and prime minister |
| loyalists | 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 the British government placed on newspapers, books and documents sold in the colonies |
| Boston massacre | the killing of five men by British soldiers on March 5, 1770 |
| Paul Revere | Rode on horseback from Boston to Lexington and Concord to warn that the Redcoats were coming |
| Treaty of Paris | Provisonal peace treaty signed after Lord Cormwallis surrendered at Yorktown |
| 1754-1763 | The French and Indian War |
| 1763 | The Proclamation of 1763 |
| 1764 | The Sugar Act |
| 1765 | The Stamp Act |
| 1766 | The Sugar and Stamp Acts are repealed |
| 1767 | The Townshend Acts |
| 1770 | The Boston Massacre |
| 1773 | The Boston Tea Party |
| 1774 | The Intolerable Acts and The First Continental Congress |
| 1775 | Battles of Lexington and Concord |