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America rev
social studies
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Sons of liberty | Secret group of colonists founded to protest Stamp Act. |
| Militais | 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 Britain. |
| Loyalists | Colonists who remained loyal to the King during the A.R . |
| Redcoats | A nickname for the British soldiers because of their red uniforms. |
| Continental Congress | The legislative assembly composed to delegates from rebel colonies. |
| Minutemen | Colonists who could be ready in a minute to fight the British. |
| Bosten Tea Party | Bosten citizens that dressed up an Indians and dumped tea chests of tea into the harbor as a protest of the tea tax. |
| Stamp act | Tax that the British government placed on newspaper, books, and documents sold to the colonies. |
| Bosten Massacre | The killing of five men by British soldiers on March 5th, 1770. |
| Paul Revere | Rode on horseback from Boston to warn that the redcoats were coming. |
| Treaty of paris | Provisional peace treaty signed after Lord Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown |