Section 1
First Continental Congress
A Patriot who rode with Paul Revere, sounding the alert that the British were coming.
William Dawes
The Second Continental Congress authorized the MA militia to become this and eventually included soldiers from all of the colonies.
Continental Army
This is when the pamphlet "Common Sense" began to be distributed.
January 1776
He violated the colonists' rights by taxing them without their consent.
King George III
Declaration of Rights
Local militia who were ready to fight against the British at a minute's notice.
Minutemen
Congress named this Virginian to command the Continental Army.
George Washington
He was the anonymous author of "Common Sense" in which he cried against tyranny.
Thomas Paine
This marked the birth of the United States when the Continental Congress approved the Declaration of Independence and severed all ties to Great Britain.
July 4, 1776
He was a Patriot from VA who said "Give me liberty or give me death!"
Patrick Henry
A free African American who rode north to NH and ME to gather reinforcements when the British were first getting ready to attack.
Wentworth Cheswell
He led a force of 400 men to NY to capture Fort Ticonderoga and its large supply of weapons.
Benedict Arnold
This is how many copies of "Common Sense" were sold.
500,000
These were also known as "Tories", or colonists who chose to side with the British. 20-20% of the colonists were Loyalists.
Loyalists
Colonists who chose to fight for independence from Great Britain.
Patriots
The Patriot captain at the Battle of Lexington who told troops not to fire unless fired upon.
John Parker
This was a battle on Breed's Hill where Patriots dug into the hill, forcing the British to fight their way uphill. The British won when the Patriots ran out of ammunition and had to retreat, but the British suffered many casualties.
Battle of Bunker Hill
This is when the Second Continental Congress began writing the Declaration of Independence.
June 1776
This was how many Loyalists fled the colonies during the Revolution because of persecution by the Patriots. Many fled to Canada.
50,000
He was the British governor of MA who seized the Patriot's secret supplies in Concord. This action alerted the Patriots to prepare for action.
Thomas Gage
This began with an anonymous shot, and ended in minutes. The British defeated the Patriots and marched onto Concord.
The Battle at Lexington
He was assigned to transport cannons from Fort Ticonderoga to Boston, over 300 miles. The cannons would help Washington regain control of Boston.
Henry Knox
This means "out of many, one". It was on the seal for the new country and it was created at the Second Continental Congress. It recognized the new union of the states.
E pluribus unum
Abigail Adams
He was a Sons of Liberty member who set off on horseback to alert Boston that the British were coming to attack.
Paul Revere
These were British soldiers who wore bright red coats.
Redcoats
He was a British general who was forced to retreat from Boston to Canada when Washington stationed cannons and his troops on Nook's Hill.
William Howe
This was written by Thomas Jefferson and formally announced the colonies' break from Great Britain.
Declaration of Independence
In July 1776 this was legal in all colonies.
Slavery
He was a Sons of Liberty member who used lanterns to warn Paul Revere when the British were coming.
Robert Newman
Delegates from 12 colonies met again in Philadelphia. This was a first attempt at a Republican government in the colonies. They wrote the Olive Branch Petition which King George rejected.
Second Continental Congress
This was a 47-page pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that argued that citizens (NOT kings and queens) should make laws. It also argued that an island should not have control of a continent.
Common Sense
He authored the Declaration of Independence.
Thomas Jefferson
By the 1780s these colonies were taking steps to end slavery.
New England