| Question | Answer |
| Civilians serving as soldiers | militia
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Killed, injured or captured soldiers | casualties
| Peace agreement that officially ended the Revolutionary War | Treaty of Paris in 1783
| Prime minister of Great Britain, asked Parliament to tax the colonists | George Grenville
| Refuse to do or buy something | boycott
| Law passed by Parliament that required colonists to buy a stamp for all paper goods | Stamp Act of 1765
| Secret societies that used violence to scare tax collectors | Sons of Liberty
| Parliament placed taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea | Townshend Acts of 1767
| Nickname given to British soldiers because of their red uniforms | redcoats
| Special search warrants that allowed tax collectors to search for smuggled goods | Writs of Assistance
| Incident where British soldiers fired into a crowd of angry colonists | Boston Massacre
| Protest against the Tea Act, colonists dressed as Indians and dumped tea into Boston Harbor | Boston Tea Party
| Set of laws passed to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party and to tighten government control over the colonies | Intolerable Acts
| Militia members who were ready to fight at a minute's notice | minutemen
| Colonists who fought for Independence | Patriots
| Colonists who sided with Great Britain during the Revolutionary War | Loyalists
| Low point in the war for the Patriots, they were low on supplies, food, and clothing, many soldiers died of disease and starvation | Valley Forge
| A military blockade of a city or fort | Siege
| Hired foreign soldiers | mercenaries
| Last major battle of the Revolutionary War, British surrendered and had to recognize the USA as an independent country | Battle of Yorktown |
