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House of Burgesses |
the lawmaking body of the colony of Virginia |
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Sons of Liberty |
colonial revolutionaries, who used pamphlets and even false stories to make the colonists rise up against the British |
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radicals |
people with revolutionary ideas about how governments should be run and how people should live in society |
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revolution |
a war begun within a country to overthrow the existing government |
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Boston Massacre |
Sam Adams' name for the incident when British soldiers fired upon a violent mob and killed three colonists. |
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Boston Tea Party |
a protest during which the Sons of Liberty dumped 343 boxes of British tea in Boston harbor, leading to a severe British reaction that would prompt a united revolution |
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Minutemen |
the Massachusetts militia, who were ready to fight at a minute's notice |
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Tories |
the nickname for colonists loyal to Great Britain |
