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| Loyalist | a person who remained loyal to Britain during the Revolution |
| Patriot | a person who supported the colonists' fight for freedom |
| Stamp Act | one of the first British laws placing taxes on the colonies |
| repeal | to cancel or take back |
| Townshend Acts | laws that made colonists pay taxes on everyday items imported from Britain |
| boycott | to refuse to do business or have contact with a person, group, or country |
| traitor | someone who turns against his or her country |
| militia | a military force made up of volunteers |
| Intolerable Acts | the reaction of the British Parliament to the Boston Tea Party |
| Continental Army | an army consisting of troops from every colony |
| minutemen | volunteer soldiers ready to defend the colonies at a minute's notice |
| Boston Massacre | British soldiers kill five colonists during unrest in Boston as British troops entered the city |
| Declaration of Independence | a document explaining to the world why the colonies had to separate from Great Britain |
