When 55 delegates met in Philadelphia, they called their meeting the______________ and the they reason they
met was ______________.
What was the Continental Congress and they met to challenge British Control.
100
They were civilians who were ready to fight the British in a minutes notice!
Who were the Minutemen?
100
In May, 1775 they captured Fort Ticonderoga from the British without firing one shot.
Who were Benedict Arnold, Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys?
100
It's open defiance to authority.
What is Rebellion?
100
He was a dockworker that was the first colonist killed at the Boston Massacre.
Who was Crispus Attucks?
200
Leaders from all of the colonies EXCEPT this one attended the meeting in Philly.
What is Georgia?
200
General Thomas Gage and 700 British troops were sent to Massachusetts for this reason.
What is to seize the weapons and ammunition stored in Concord?
200
During this battle, he told his soldiers, "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes!"
(Who was the commander and what battle was it?)
Who was Colonel William Prescott at the Battle of Bunker hill?
200
Information that is spread to others to either harm or help a cause.
What is Propaganda?
200
The Sons of Liberty dressed up as Indians and dumped 342 crates of tea into the harbor.
What was the Boston Tea Party?
300
Groups of ordinary citizens that took up their own weapons and ammunition to fight the Revolutionary War.
What were the militias of the Continental Army?
300
On the night of April 18, 1775, they rode through the countryside warning the citizens, "The British are Coming!"
Who were Paul Revere and William Dawes?
300
Americans that supported a War with Britain and wanted to be completely Independent so they could govern themselves.
Who were the Patriots?
300
This group circulated political ideas and information up and down the 13 colonies to gather support for independence.
Who were the Committee of Correspondence?
300
British response to the Boston Tea Party.
(3 responses)
What were the Coercive Acts?
1) Closed Boston harbor until the tea was paid for?
2) Banned all town meetings?
3) Stopped all food shipments into Boston?
400
Some of the important people that went to the Continental Congress.
Who were John Adams, Samuel Adams, Patrick Henry and George Washington?
400
It's referred to as "The Shot heard round the World!"
What was the Battle of Lexington that started the Revolutionary War?
400
He sold American secrets to the British and was later hung for being a traitor.
Who was Benedict Arnold?
400
When one group takes control of a place by force.
What is to Occupy a place?
400
The colonists called the Coercive Acts this.
What was The Intolerable Acts, because they were harsh and unbearable?
500
The three goals of the Continental Congress.
What is:
1) Ask Parliament to repeal 13 Acts?
2) Boycott ALL trade with Britain?
3) Approve Suffolk Resolves (Tell people to arm themselves)?
500
On their march back to Boston from Lexington, this many British soldiers were killed or wounded.
What is 73 were killed and 174 were wounded?
500
Americans that were loyal to the King of Britain. They thought the taxes were fair and didn't see any reason for independence.
Who were the Loyalists?
500
Paul Revere's engraving made it look like the colonists had been "slaughtered" during this skirmish.
What was the Boston Massacre?
500
The company that Britain gave a monopoly to so they could sell their tea in the colonies.