Musket
Who met on May 10, 1775? ________________ _____________________ _________________
Second Continental Congress
As Great Britain’s grip on the colonies weakened, the Continental Congress became the _______________________ government.
Unofficial
Doctor _________________ ___________________, warned ___________________ of the impending attack.
Samuel Prescott
Concord
By 1775, the __________________ were tired of British ____________ and ____________________.
Colonists
Taxes
Oppression
The Colonists planned to ___________, which means build earthen walls around Breed's Hill.
Fortify
With the Battles of ____________________ and _______________, the war of ____________________ ________________________ had begun!
Lexington and Concord
American Independence
The British troops were forced to retreat back to _________________, 18 miles away. By the time they reached safety, more than _____ British soldiers had been killed and _______ had been wounded.
Boston
90
174
How many British soldiers were injured or killed in the Battle of Bunker Hill?
More than a thousand
British troops crossed the _____________ River by ________ and marched up to ____________’s _______.
Charles
Boat
Breed's Hill
What were Captain Parker’s orders to the militia (that were very simple)?
"Don't fire unless fired upon...."
“Don’t _________ until you see the __________ of their ________”
Shoot
Whites
Eyes
When the _______________ troops reached ________________________, Captain ___________ _______________ was waiting with a local _____________.
British
Lexington
John Parker
Militia
After some violent encounters with British troops, the _________________ began stockpiling _________ and _____________________ in ____________________ and _________________, two towns near Boston, Massachusetts
Colonists
Arms and Gunpowder
Lexington and Concord
Great Britain was one of the most ________________ nations on Earth, but winning the _______ against the American Colonists would not be ___________
Powerful
War
Easy
__________, the British charged up the hill only to be _______________ by the ___________.
Twice
Stopped
Militia
__________ _____________ drafted the ___________ ________________ petition. However, King _____________ refused to receive the Congress’s peace offering.
John Hancock
Olive Tree Petition
King George
What happened on April 18, 1775?
General Thomas Gage ordered soldiers to destroy Colonists war supplies and arrest Samuel Adams and John Hancock
First, they made the ___________ that had stood by the the British in ________________________ part of an official ____________________ Army. To lead them, they nominated a veteran of the French and Indian War and member of the Congress: _____________ ______________
Militia
Massachusetts
American
George Washington
Even though the battle lasted only a few minutes, __________ militiamen were killed. The British ___________________ in taking ___________________ and marched on to ___________________.
Eight
Succeeded
Lexington
Concord
Who were the three men who warned the Colonists about General Gage’s plan?
Paul Revere, William Dawes, and Samuel Prescott
When the British arrived, townspeople rang _____________ _________ to alert local Farmers of the attack. _______________________, local __________________, and ______________________ fired at the British troops from behind fences, houses, and trees.
Church Bells
Minutemen, Farmers, Townspeople
After a _________ try, the British ___________________ the colonists. The British ______ what became known as the Battle of _____________ ________, but the victory was costly.
Third
Overwhelmed
Won
Bunker Hill
The Colonists did not have much __________________, or ______________ balls and _________________. Officers told them not to waste ammunition by firing at British Soldiers who were too far away.
Ammunition
Musket Balls
Gunpowder
The _______________ ______________________ ____________________ established a Continental Army and the delegated elected a president, _________ _________________.
Second Continental Congress
John Hancock
Colonel _____________ ____________ and General ______________ _______________ led one thousand colonial troops to hills north of ________________, across the ___________ River.
William Prescott
Israel Putnam
Boston
Charles River