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American Revolution
AM Rev
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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. |
| Parliament | The gov. of Great Britain. |
| Patriots | Colonists who fought against British rule. |
| Loyalists | Colonists who remained loyal to the King during the Am. Rev.. |
| Continental Congress | The legislative assembly composed of delegates from the rebel colonies. |
| Minutemen | Colonists fight the who could be ready in a min to fight the British. |
| Boston Tea Party | Boston citizens disguised as Indians and dumped chest of tea into the harbor as a protest against tax on tea. |
| Stamp Act | Tax that the British gov. placed on newspapers ,books and documents sold in the colonies. |
| Boston Massacre | The killing of five men by the 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. |