| Term | Definition |
|---|
| second continental congress | congress of american leaders which first met in 1775 declared independence in 1776and helped lead the u.s. during the revolution |
| continental army | army formed in 1775 by the second continental congress and led by general george washinton |
| loyalists | colonists who remained loyal to the british during the american revolution |
| intolerable acts | laws passed by british parliament to punish the people of boston following the boston tea party |
| minutemen | colonial militia groups that could be ready to fightat a minutes notice |
| tea act | law passed by parliament in the earlu 1770s stating that only the east india compony a british buisness could sell tea to the 13 colonies |
| committee of correspondence | groups of colonists formed in the 1770s to spread news quickly about protests against the british |
| patriots | american colonists who opposed british rule |
| boston tea party | protest against british taxes in which the sons of liberty boarded british ships and dumped tea into boston harbor in 1773 |
| boston massacre | event in 1770 in boston in which britsh solsiers killed five colonists who were part of an angry group that had surrounded them |
| first continental congress | meeting of represenitives from every colony except Georgia held in philadelpha in 1774 to discuss actions to take in response to the intolerable acts |
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