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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| sons of liberty | secret group of colonists to protest samp act |
| militians | civilian soldiers who are trained to fight but not part of the regular army |
| patriots | colonists who fought against British rule |
| parliament | The of Great Britain |
| loyalists | colonists who remained loyal to the king |
| red coats | nickname for British soldiers because 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 Indian 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 | provisional peace treaty signed after lord Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown |