Chapter 3 part one
-groups of citizen soldiers
militias
Later, _____ ______ became a traitor and sold military information to the British.
Benedict Arnold
True or False: The colonists won the Battle of Bunker Hill.
False
Most importantly, the Continental Congress created the _____ _____. The Congress unanimously chose ______ ________ to command this army.
Continental Army; George Washington
Who wrote the first draft of the declaration?
Thomas Jefferson
some militias were known as___ because they boasted that would be ready to fight ______ notice
minutemen; minute's
Gage learned that the militia stored arms and ammunition at _____ and sent troops to seize and destroy all the artillery and ammunition.
Concord
Although the colonists ____ the battle, Britain learned that defeating the Americans on the battlefield would be neither ____ nor ____
lost; quick; easy
Common Sense listed powerful reasons why Americans would be better off ____ from Great Britain.
free
Delegates approved the document on what date?
Who signed the Declaration first.?
Eventually 56 delegates signed the document announcing the birth of the _____ _____?
July 4, 1776; John Hancock; United States (AKA U.S.A)
King George told Parliament that the New England Colonies were "in a state of rebellion" and that "_________" who would control America.
" blows must decide"
The minutemen and British fought in a short battle in Lexington and the British took ____ losses.
heavy
____ - sided with Britain
____ - supported the war. They believed that the colonists should have the right to ____ themselves.
Loyalists; Patriots; govern
_____ ____published a pamphlet called Common Sense. In bold language, Paine called for a complete ____ with British rule.
Bonus:
True or False: The pamphlet wasn't read by many colonists.
Thomas Paine; break
False
(This is part of the Chapter 4 L1 500 question I split it up so it would be easier)
It asked him to protect the colonists' ____.
The king ______the petition
rights; rejected
The delegates of the _______ _______ also voted to ______ British trade. The colonies would not ______ or use any British goods, nor would they sell their goods in Great Britain
Continental Congress; boycott; import
Finally, the Americans ran out of _______ and had to _______.
gunpowder; withdraw
The delegates chose ___ _____ to be president of the Second Continental Congress.
John Hancock
Instead, he prepared for ___. He hired more than 30,000 German troops, called _____, to fight alongside British troops.
war; Hessians
July 4, the date the delegates actually adopted the Declaration of Independence, is celebrated as ______ ____.
Independance Day
By April 1775, several thousand British troops were in and around ______, with more on the way. British general _____ ____ had orders to seize the weapons from the Massachusetts militia and arrest the leaders.
Boston; Thomas Gage
The shot fired that day became known as “__ __ __ _ ___” and was when the battle for ________ began.
"shot heard around the world; independence
The Continental Congress did take steps to begin ______ the colonies.
governing
The delegates then offered Britain a last chance to ____ war. They sent a petition, or a _____ _____, to George III.
Called the _____ ____ ______, it assured the king that the colonists wanted peace.
Avoid; formal request; Olive Branch Petition
The Declaration has how many major sections?
The ______, or introduction, states that people who wish to form a new country should explain their reasons for doing so.
The next two sections of the Declaration list the ____ that the colonists believed they should have and their ______ against Great Britain.
The final section proclaims the existence of the ___ ____.
4; Preamble; rights; complaints; new nation