Build Up
was a gathering of colonial leaders who were deeply troubled about the relationship between Great Britain and its colonies in America. Tried to make peace with the King.
What is First Continental Congress
a 47-page pamphlet that was distributed in of Philadelphia in January 1776 that detailed grievances against King George and listed the natural rights which every man should have.
What is Common Sense
The British marched from Boston to Concord to seize these from the colonists:
Weapons/Guns/Weapons Cache
Bunker Hill overlooked the city of:
Boston
This act was a response to the Boston Tea Party. It shut down Boston Harbor and put Boston under martial law:
The Intolerable Acts
Owner of the ship 'The Liberty.' The British seized it because they believed he was smuggling.
John Hancock
(1776) the document written to declare the colonies free from British rule
What is Declaration of Independence
Name one of the British Commanders during the Battle of Lexington and Concord:
General Gage, General Howe, or Major Pitcairn
Name of the type of gun soldiers carried during the revolution
Musket
Items taxed under the Townshend Acts
Lead Glass Paint and Tea
American colonial militia members ready to fight at a minute's notice. They helped to push the British out of Concord.
What is minutemen
colonists who sided with Britain in the American Revolution
What is Loyalists
At the battle of Concord, approximately how many colonial soldiers (Massachusetts Militia) came out to resist the British?
~4000
Name at least one major advantage the British had over the colonists at Bunker Hill:
They had boats supporting them with cannon fire
They were better equipped
They had every reason not to leave
Protest against a tax on paper goods. It often involved violent rioting such as tarring and feathering.
Stamp Act Protest
(1775) a meeting of colonial delegates in Philadelphia to decide how to react to fighting at Lexington and Concord
What is Second Continental Congress
Name the 3 natural rights (rights which every human being is entitled to) listed in either the declaration of independence or common sense:
LIFE LIBERTY AND PROPERTY! Or LIFE LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS
After the Battle of Concord, the British were pushed back into:
Boston
The reason so many British soldiers died at the battle of Bunker Hill is because they had to march:
Uphill
The act that stated that British were allowed to pass any laws they wanted on the colonists:
Declaratory Act
the army created by the Second Continental Congress in 1775 to defend the American colonies from Britain
What is Continental Army
Name two influential events that made the Southern colonists want to fight alongside the Northern colonists during the revolution:
The Boston Massacre
The Release of Common Sense
The First/Second Continental Congress
The famous line stated by night riders trying to warn the other colonists in Massachusetts that the British were trying to seize the weapons cache at Concord:
THE BRITISH ARE COMING! Or THE REGULARS ARE COMING!
The famous line stated by colonial commanders during the battle of Bunker Hill to try and conserve ammo against British troops:
Do not fire until you see the whites of their eyes.
When the military has direct control over a colony:
Martial Law