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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 British rule |
| parliament | the goverment of great britian includes the king the house of commons the house of lords and the prime minister |
| loyalists | colontists who remained loyal to the king during the american revoloution |
| redcoats | nickname for british soldiers because of their red uniform coats |
| continental congress | the legislative assembly composed of delgates from the rebel colonies who met during and after the american revoloution |
| minutemen | colontists who could be ready in a minute to fight the british |
| boston tea party | boston citizens disgused 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 goverment placed on newspapers books and documents sold in the colonies |
| boston massacre | the killing of five men 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 sighned after lord cornwallis surrendered at yorktown |