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Am Rev
| 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 remained royal to the King during the A.R. |
| Parliament | The government of Great Britain, |
| Loyalists | Colonists who remained loyal to the king. |
| Redcoats | Nickname for British soldiers because of their red uniform coats |
| Continental Congress | The legislative assembly composed of delegates from the rebel colonies |
| Minutemen | Colonists who could be ready in a minute to fight the British. |
| Boston Tea Party | Boston citizens disguised as Indians and dumped chests of tea into the harbor as a protest against taxes on tea. |
| Stamp Act | Tax that the British government placed on the newspapers, books and documents sold in the colonies. |
| Boston Massacre | The killing of the five men by British soldiers on March 5, 1770 |
| Paul Revere | Rode on horseback from the 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. |