Unit 2 - Honors Vocabulary and People Quiz

Civilian soldiers during the American Revolution

This occurred on April 19, 1775. A group of minutemen meet the British soldiers outside of town. This battle lasted on 15 minutes and is called the "shot heard round the world".

A series of actions done by Parliament after the Boston Tea party (Closed Boston Harbor and housed British soldiers in private homes)

Dumping 15,000 pounds of the East India Tea Company's tea into the waters of Boston Harbor

This occurred in May 1775 in Philadelphia. Delegates finally agreed to recognized the minutemen as the Continental Army and declare the colonies independent.

This started with Boston shopkeepers, artisans and laborers. It was an organized secret resistance group.

This battle occurred on Christmas Day, 1776 when Washington led a surprise attack. This as an overwhelming victory for the Americans and caused many soldiers to re-enlist. The battle will occur after Washington and his troops crossed the Delaware River.

Winter camp for the Colonial Army in Pennsylvania

This occurred on March 5, 1770; when colonists and British soldiers clashed in Boston over jobs in the shipyards. Many "defenseless" colonists were killed.

These are the people who opposed independence and wanted to remain loyal to England.