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Milita
A small army made of ordinary citizens.
Rebel
Patriots
Repeal
To take back, to cancel, a law
Liberty
The freedom of citizens
Boycott
To refuse
Loyalist
People in the colonies who wanted to stay under British control
Neutralist
American colonists that did not support either side
Patriot
People, in the American colonies that wanted independence
Traitor
A person guilty of acting against their own country
First continental congress
Write to kind George about intolerable
American revolution
To fight for independence or not
Battle of bunker hill
Battle that they proved themsleves
Boston tea party
Sons of liberty threw tea into the Boston harbor
Committee of correspondence
Communication systems
Townsend acts
Initiated taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea
Intolerable acts
Closing off Boston harbor
Sons of liberty
Secret political group of patriot men
Town meeting
Meeting of voters
Treason
The crime of disloyalty to leader
Stamp act
Taxes on all paper goods
Minutemen
Group of the patriot army that can be ready in under a minute
Assembly
Group of gathered people
Delegate
A certain person to represent others
Petition
A formal written request
