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| John Adams | Second President of U.S.; member of Continental Congress |
| Patrick Henry | Virginia burgess who encouraged colonists to become independent |
| Ethan Allen | Leader of the Green Mountain Boys, the militia that captured Fort Ticonderoga |
| militia | local army formed to fight in emergencies during colonial period |
| boycott | to refuse to do business or to have contact with |
| town meeting | meeting of town's citizens to discuss local problems |
| Paul Revere | patriot and silversmith; rode to warn the people of Lexington that the Britsh were marching |
| Lexington | Site of the first battle of the American Revolution |
| Mercy Otis Warren | Poet and playwright who encouraged women to boycott tea |
| Intolerable Acts | British laws which closed Boston harbor |
