| Term | Definition |
|---|
| First Continental Congress | meeting in Philadelphia of delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies |
| Quebec Act | Set up a government for Canada and protected the rights of French Catholics. |
| Militia | army of citizens who serve as soldiers |
| Minutemen | volunteers who were prepared to fight at a moment's notice |
| Boston Tea Party | protest against British taxation by Sam Adams and the Sons of Liberty |
| Intolerable Acts | four laws imposed by the British to punish Massachusetts. People in other colonies sent supplies and protested the acts. |
| Tea Act of 1773 | This law let the British East India company bypass tea merchants and sell directly to colonists. Colonist were upset because they were cut out of the trade and wanted free enterprise. |
| General Thomas Gage | A British commander thought that the minutemen had stored large amounts of weapons in Concord, and planned a surprise attack. |
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