| A | B |
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| population | The number of people living in a place. |
| militia | A group of volunteers who fight in times of emergency. |
| proclamation | An official announcement. |
| Parliament | Great Britain's lawmaking body. |
| Stamp Act | A British tax on all kinds of documents purchased in the colonies. |
| treason | Betraying one's country by helping the enemy. |
| repeal | To withdraw or cancel. |
| Townshend Acts | Laws passed by the British that taxed many goods brought into the Colonies (tea, cloth, glass, etc.). |
| boycott | To refuse to buy something. |
| Committee of Correspondence | A group of colonists who informed the colonies in other places by writing letters. |
| Boston Tea Party | An event in 1773 in which the colonists opposed the British tea tax by dumping tea into the Boston Harbor. |
| Intolerable Acts | British acts that closed Boston Harbor and required the colonists to quarter the British troops. |
| First Continental Congress | A meeting of representatives from every colony except Georgia. They discussed what should be done about Great Britain. |
| petition | A written request signed by many people. |
| minutemen | An army of of citizens who were ready to fight the British at a moment's notice. |
| Lexington | The location where the first shot of the Revolutionary War was fired. |
