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Revolotionary
war vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 govemment of great Britan includes the king the house of commons the house of lords and prime minister. |
| Loyalist | colonists who remained loyal to the king during the American Revolution. |
| Redcoats | Nicknames |
| 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 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 pairs | Provisional peace treaty signed after lord Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown. |