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Revolutionary war
vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 1 son of liberty | secret group of colonists founded to protest the stamp act |
| 2 militias | civilian soldiers who are trained to fight but not part of the regular army |
| 3 patriots | colonists who fought against British rule |
| 4 parliament | the government of Great Britain includes the king the house of commons the house of lords and the prime ministers |
| 5 loyalist | colonist who remained loyal to the king during the American Revolution |
| 6 Redcoats | nickname for the British solders because of their red unformed coats |
| 7 continental congress | the legislative assembly composed of delegates from the rebel colonies who met during and after the American Revolution |
| 8 minutemen | colonists who could be ready in a minute to fight the British |
| 9 Boston tea party | Boston citizens disgusted as Indians rained three British ships and documents sold in the colonies |
| 10 stamp act | tax that british goverment placed on newspaper books and documents sold in the colonies |
| 11 bosten massacre | the killing of the five men by brittish solders on march 5 1770 |
| 12 paul revere | rode on hores backs from boston to lexington and concord to warn that the redcoats were coming |
| 13 tteaty of paris | provisional peace treaty singed after lord comwallis surrender at yorktown |