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| American Revolution | the war between Great Britain and its 13 American colonies from 1775 to 1783 that led to the founding of the United States of America |
| Boston Tea Party | In 1773, protest against British taxes in which Boston colonists disguised as Mohawks dumped valuable tea into the Boston Harbor |
| boycott | to refuse to do business or have contact with a person, group, country, or product |
| Committees of Correspondence | groups organized in the 1772 to keep colonists informed of important events |
| First Continental Congress | the assembly of colonial delegates from every colony except Georgi that met in 1774 in Philadelphia to oppose the Intolerable Acts |
| Intolerable Acts | the laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 that closed the Boston Harbor, dissolved the Massachusetts Assembly, and forced Boston colonists to house British soldiers |
| militia | a group of volunteers who fought in times of emergency during the colonial period and the American Revolution |
| petition | a written request signed by many people |
| rebel | to oppose those in charge, even to the point of fighting them with weapons because of different ideas about what is right |
| Sons of Liberty | groups of colonists who organized themselves to protest against the British government |
| Stamp Act | a law passed by British Parliament in 1765, requiring colonists to pay taxes on legal documents, letters, and even playing cards |
| treason | the betrayal of one's country by giving help to an enemy |
