Vocab, Vocab, Vocab!
An open defiance of authority.
Rebellion
This Brit said that "blows must decide" who would rule America.
George III
Yes, he warned that the British were coming.
Paul Revere
Which event happened 1st on the road to the "First Shots" of the Revolutionary war?
1) Revere and Dawes warn that the British are coming
OR
2) British soldiers are ordered to destroy the Massachusetts militias weapons
2) British soldiers are ordered to destroy the Massachusetts militias weapons
People who could be ready to fight as soldiers with one minute's notice
Minutemen
They met to discuss how the colonies could challenge British control.
The Continental Congress
He was the leader of the minutemen.
Captain John Parker
After writing Common Sense Thomas Paine encouraged this idea to the colonists.
Independence from Britain.
Ideas or information spread to harm or help a cause.
Propaganda
After winning this battle the British learn that defeating the Americans would not be easy.
Battle of Bunker Hill
This man led the Green Mountain Boys who captured the British-held Fort Ticonderoga.
Ethan Allen
Because of this ACT the colonists were angered enough to throw 342 boxes overboard.
Tea Act
American colonists who remained loyal to Britain and were against the war for independence.
Loyalists
They warned colonists that the British were coming.
Paul Revere and William Dawes.
This man had orders to take away the weapons of the Massachusetts militia.
Thomas Gage
The Colonists supporting the war for independence were called this.
Patriots
An organization that spreads political ideas and information through the colonies.
Committee of Correspondence
After the battles at Lexington and Concord, many colonists decided to join these
Militias
He, along with Paul Revere, warned Samuel Adams that the British were coming.
William Dawes
Sequence this ;)
1)Battle of Concord.
2)Revere and Dawes warn that the British are coming.
3)Battle of Lexington.
4) British soldiers ordered to destroy the Massachusetts militias weapons.
4, 2, 3, 1