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Sam Adams	a Massachusetts colonist and patriot leader who inspired others to take action against the British. He organized the Sons of Liberty and the Committees of Correspondence.
King George III	Britain's King in 1765 when parliament passed the Stamp Act. He supported the idea of taxing the colonists.
Mercy Otis Warren	A writer from Boston who encouraged people to stop buying imported goods such as tea and wool. She wrote " We'll quit the useless vanities (expensive items) of life."
Patrick Henry	A young Virginia lawyer who was one of the first to speak out against the Stamp Act. He made a fiery speech before the House of Burgesses saying that King George III had no right to tax the people of Virginia. Later he would make another famous speech and say, " Give me liberty or give me death!".
Paul Revere	An "express rider" and Boston silversmith. ON the night of April 18, 1775 he rode his horse to Lexington and warned John Adams and John Hancock the British were coming to capture them. He also warned colonists along the way that the British were marching toward Concord to try to seize the military supplies.
Crispus Attucks	A 27 year old, escaped slave and sailor who was shot and killed during the Boston Massacre.
Crispus Attucks	A 27 year old, escaped slave and sailor who was shot and killed during the Boston Massacre.
John Adams	A cousin of Sam Adams, he defended the British soldiers who were present at the Boston Massacre. While he opposed the British taxes, he felt that the soldiers deserved a fair trial.
William Dawes	A Boston shoemaker and express rider who rode with Paul Revere to warn colonists of the British march on Concord.
William Diamond	He began to beat his drum at 5 am on April 19, 1775 to signal the Lexington minutemen to come running.
John Parker	Captain of the Lexington minutemen during the Battle of Lexington when "shot heard round the world" was shot. He told his men "stand your ground. Don't fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have a war, let it begin here."
William Prescott	A patriot colonel who led about 1,200 men up the hills of Charlestown. His men worked all night to build a fort out of the earth and logs on Breed's Hill. At the Battle of Bunker Hill, he gave his men these order, "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes."
Lexington	A town in Massachusetts, and the site of the "shot heard round the world" on the morning of April 19, 1775. British Major John Pitcairn shouted at the minutemen, "Ye villains, ye rebels! lay down your arms!" A British soldier opened fire first. Eight minutemen were killed and nine wounded. Only one British soldier was wounded during this short battle.
Concord	A town in Massachusetts, and the site of a brief battle at the North Bridge on April 19, 1775. When the British reached Concord, they were not able to find the military supplies they were looking for. The women of Concord had helped to hide the military supplies in fields and barns all over town. From Concord, the British began their 20 mile retreat to Boston.
Breed's Hill	A hill in Charlestown on which the Battle of Bunker Hill was fought. Patriot leaders wanted to control this hill so that they could bring up cannons and fire them down on the British in Boston.
The Battle of Bunker Hill	This battle actually took place at Breed's Hill in Charlestown. Although the patriots lost the battle and 400 of their men were killed or wounded, over 1000 British soldiers were killed or wounded.
Minutemen	Militia groups who could be ready at a minute's notice to fight for their colony.
Militia	Volunteer Army
Intolerable Acts	These acts were meant to punish colonists of Boston for the Boston Tea Party. Colonists were ordered to feed and house British soldiers (Quartering Act), the colony of Massachusetts was put under the control of a British General, Thomas Gage, and the port of Boston was closed. No ships would be allowed to come or go until the people of Boston had paid for the tea they had destroyed.
Repeal	To cancel
Boycott	A refusal to buy goods.
First Continental Congress	In September 1774, representatives from every colony except Georgia held this meeting in Philadelphia. Patriots voted to do three things at this meeting (1) stop all trade with Britain until the intolerable acts were repealed; (2) each colony should start to train militias; (3) meet again in one year if the situation had not improved.
Boston Massacre	A fight that took place on the night of March 5, 1770 when angry colonists surrounded a British soldier. The British soldiers panicked and fired into the crowd, killing five people.
Boston Tea Party	In response to the Tea Act, on the night of December 16, 1773 the Sons of Liberty disguised themselves as Mohawks and boarded three British ships and dumped 342 crates of tea into Boston Harbor.
Committee of Correspondence	These groups were formed in towns all over the colonies. Members of these groups wrote to each other about local events. Letters were delivered by "express riders" on fast horses.
Stamp Act	Passed in 1767, this law placed a tax on printed materials in the colonies including legal documents, newspapers, and even playing cards.

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