A soldier of the American Army during the revolution .

An assembly of representatives from the American Colonies.

A reproduction of a document, book, painting, or item

Citizen soldiers who were called out for emergencies to defend their homes and villages.

Colonial militia who had pledged to fight the British " At a minute's notice "

An undisciplined group of protesters who often take the law into their own hands

The official governing body of Great Britain made up of the House of Lords

British slang term for an American (or patriot ) not loyal to Britain during the war

Slang term for British soldiers who wore scarlet Red uniform jackets

Small, privately owned merchant ships that were fitted out with weapons to capture British merchant shipping

Secret group of radicals formed by Sam Adams to protest the Stamp act

Famous phrase from Ralph Waldo Emerson's poem about the first shot if the Revolution .