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american revoloution a war americans fought for independence from great britain battle of bunker hill a battle in the american revoloution that the british won minute men militia groups that could be ready to fight at any notice militia a voulounteer army first continental congress a 1774 meeting at which representatives voted to stop trading with britain and start training colinists to fight loyalists colonists who were loyal to king george and the british goveronment patriots colonists who were against british rule intolerable acts five acts passed by british to punish colonists for the boston tea party boston tea party an event in which colonists dumped british tea into boston harbor tea act an act that forced colonists to pay taxes on british comitee at correspondence a group that let colonists share info by mail boston massacre an event in 1770 in which british soldiers shot five colonists daughters of liberty group formed to help the boycott of british boycott refusal to buy goods tariff tax on imported goods townshend acts laws that replaced a tax on imported goods from britain sons of liberty a group that led protests against the new tax repeal cancel stamp act law that placed a tax on printed materials in the colonies parliament britains law making assembly