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revolutionary war
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 1 Sons of liberty | Secret group of colonists founded to protest stamp act. |
| 2 Militias | civilian soldiers trained to fight but not in the regular army. |
| 3 Patriots | colonists who fought against British rule. |
| 4 parliament | the government of Great Britain includes the king the house of the commons the house of lords and the prime minister. |
| 5 loyalists | colonists who remained loyal to the king during the American revolutionary war. |
| 6 redcoats | nickname for British soldiers because of their red uniform coats. |
| 7 continental congress | the legislative assembly composed of delegates from the rebel colonies who met during the American war. |
| 8 minutemen | colonists who could be ready in a minute to fight the British. |
| 9 Boston tea party | Boston citizens disguised as Indians raided three British ships and dumped chests of tea into the harbor as a protest against taxes on tea. |
| 10 stamp acts | tax that the British government placed on newspapers books and documents sold by the British. |
| 11 Boston massacre | the killing of five British soldiers on March 5, 1770 |
| 12 Paul revere | rode on horseback from Boston to Lexington to warn that the redcoats were coming |
| 13 treaty of Paris | provisional peace treaty signed after lord Cornwallis surrounded at Yorktown |