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| Hessians | German mercenary soldiers that fought on England's side during the revolutionary War. |
| Loyalists | colonists who did not favor a revolution and wanted to remain a part of England. |
| Townshend Acts | a group of taxes on items like paper, paint, and tea, that angered the colonists. |
| Paul Revere | learned of the British plan to arrest the Patriot leaders and rode on his horse to warn everyone that the British were coming. |
| Thomas Paine | wrote an article called "Common Sense" that told the colonists that they should fight for their independence from England. |
| Minutemen | colonial soldiers who were ready to fight at a moments notice. |
| Intolerable Acts | were designed to punish the colonists for the actions at the Boston Tea Party. |
| delegate | representative |
| Coercive Acts | also known as the Intolerable Acts, one of which closed the Boston Harbor. |
| Boston Massacre | named by the colonists, resulted in the death of 5 colonists by the shooting from English soldiers. |
| Incident on King Street | was named by the English government, where 5 colonists were killed at the hands of British soldiers. |
| Declaration of Independence | statement announcing that the 13 colonies were declaring themselves independent states and breaking from English rule. |
| Baron von Steuben | helped to train the colonial army. |
| Ben Franklin | "we must all hang together, or most assuredley, we will all hang seperately." |
| Patrick Henry | "give me liberty or give me death." |
| Red Coats | British soldiers |
