History 8 C.7 Test

•In September of ___________ 56 colonial delegates met in Philadelphia for __________________________________________.

• 1774/First Congressional Congress

• 1775/Second Congressional Congress

• 1763/Proclamation of 1763

•Militia members that were ready to fight on a minute’s notice were called ________________________.

• Minutemen

• Militiamen

• Colonists

•To weaken the colonists militia, general Thomas Gage decided to seize the local militia’s _______________________ which were stored at ___________________.

• weapons/Lexington

• weapons/New York

• tea/Botson

•On April 18, 1775, __________________ and William Dawes received word that the British were crossing the Charles River. They hopped on their horses and rode through the countryside warning, Minutemen that “__________________________________________”

• Paul Revere/"the British are coming"

• Paul Revere/"the colonists are coming"

• George Washington/"The Redcoats are coming"

No one fired for a long time at the battle in Lexington, but suddenly a shot rang out. No one knows who fired first, but it was considered “___________________________________________”

• the shot heard around the world

• the shot that shook North America

• the shot that started the revolution

Which best describes the uniforms of the British during the American Revolution?

• their uniforms were all red with a white X across the front

• their uniforms were all blue with a red X across the front

• their uniforms were all white besides the red coats.

Another name for the British Soldiers was..

• redcoats

• whitecoats

• bluecoats

•In May of 1775, 12 of 13 colonies met in Philadelphia for the ___________________________________________________.

• First Continental Congress

• Second Continental Congress

• Declaration of Independence

•At the Second Continental Congress, they decided not to ____________ away from Britain, but made plans to organize and fund a _____________________________ to defend the colonies.

• break / Continental Army

• break / private

• break / Navy

•The delegates at the Second Continental Congress chose ______________________________ to lead the Continental Army.

• George Washington

• Paul Revere

• Ben Franklin