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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 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 the prime minister. |
| loyalists | colonists who remained loyal to the king during the American revelation. |
| redcoats | nickname for British soldiers because of their red uniform coats. |
| continental congress | the legislative assembly composed of delegates from the rebel colonies who meet during and after the American revolution. |
| minutemen | colonists who were ready in a minute to fight the British. |
| Boston tea party | Boston citizens disguised as Indians raided three British ships and dumped chest of tea into the harbor as a protest against taxes on tea. |
| stamp act | tax that the British government placed on the 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 redcoats were coming. |
| treaty of paris | provisional peace treaty signed after lord Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown. |