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1. Summoned To call forth

2. Stockpiled A large supply of material collected to use in the future

3. Sexton A person who looks after a church

4. intercept To stop or catch someone or something

5. Dispersed Spread over a wide area; scatter

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6. Paul Revere An American silversmith remembered for his midnight ride to warn the colonists in Lexington and Concord that British troops were coming 

7. Lexington A city in Massachusetts

8. Sons of Liberty A secret revolutionary organization that was founded by Samuel Adams in the Thirteen American Colonies to advance the rights of the European colonists in America and to fight taxation by the British government.

9. Dr. Joseph Warren A doctor who was an important member of the Boston Committee of Correspondence who ordered Paul Revere to Ride to

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Lexington10. John Larkin A minister most

known for helping Paul Revere get the horse he used in his ride to warn patriots that the British were on invading.

11. Patriot a person who vigorously supports their country and is prepared to defend it against enemies. American Colonists against British taxation were known as Patriots.

12. Loyalist A person who remains loyal to the established ruler or government. American colonist loyal to the British government were known as loyalist.

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13. Invasion To enter forcefully as an enemy.

14. Colonist people who lived in the thirteen colonies at the start of America

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