Minutemen and Milita

After the battles of Lexington, Concord, and Bunker Hill, the colonists continued fighting to __________________________.

• be the best

• win the war

• separate from the British rule

• separate from the Spanish rule

____________________________________-an army of ordinary citizens

• delegates

• militia

• casualties

• minutemen

_____________________________________-members of the colonial army who were ready to fight at a minute's notice

• delegate

• casualties

• minutemen

• militia

A colonist who favored rebellion and desired independence from England.

• Loyalist
• Patriot
• Neutral
• I don't know

Colonists met in Philadelphia to discuss the Intolerable Acts. This meeting was the

• The First Continental Congress
• The Colonies Parliament
• The Colonies Unite Meeting

Who warned the minutemen that the British were coming?

• Thomas Jefferson
• George Washington
• Paul Revere

Who were the Minutemen?

• Patriots who were ready to fight at a minutes notice
• British soldiers who were ready to fight at a minutes notice
• Sons of Liberty who were ready to fight at a minutes notice
• Hessians who were ready to fight at a minutes notice

An important task facing the Second Continental Congress was to

• organize the colonies for war. 
• shut down the Continental army.
• find ways to make the king happy.
• make treaties with American Indian tribes.

The first meeting where the colonies united together to make decisions was called____________________.

• continental congress
• assembly
• parliament
• declaration of independence