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Revolutionary war
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Sons of liberty | Secret group of colonists founded to protest 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 Britan includes the king the house of commons the house of lords and the prime minister |
| Loyalists | Colonists who remand loyal to the king during American revelation |
| red coats | nick name 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 revelation |
| Minutemen | Colonists who could be ready in a minute to fight the British |
| Boston tea party | Bosten citizens disguised as Indians three British ships and chests of tea into the Harbor as the 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 | provisional peace treaty signed after lord Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown |