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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| sons of Liberty | secret group of colonists founded to protest the Stamp Act |
| Militias | civilian soldiers who are trained to fight but not part of the regular army |
| Parliament | the government of Great Britain |
| Loyalists | colonists who remained loyal to the King during the Am. Rev. |
| 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 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 5 men by British soldiers on March 5, 1770 |
| Paul Revere | rode on horseback to warn that the Redcoats were coming |
| Treaty of Paris | Provisional peace treaty signed after Lord Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown |