Vocabulary- American Revolution

What is a minutemen?

• A British soldier

• A men names Minute

• A redcoat

• Soldiers that could get ready in a minutes notice

A colonist who supported independence from England during the American Revolution period.

• Loyalist

• Minutemen

• Patriot

• Boycott

A colonist who liked the British during the American Revolution period.

• Patriot

• Loyalist

• Neutral

• Minuteman

A military made up of civilians trained as soldiers that weren't part of the regular army.

• Imperial

• Loyalist

• Patriot

• Militia

Militia

• American colonists who supported independence from Great Britain

• American colonists who did not support independence from Great Britain

• a military force of volunteers

• soldiers who are paid to fight for a country they are not from

The ______ was sent to King George III to ask that the king protect colonists’ rights and tell him that the colonists do not want war. 

• List of Grievances
• Olive Branch Petition
• Declaration of Independence
• Magna Carter

Where was the Continental Congress held?

• Philadelphia 
• Jamestown
• New York City
• Boston

Why were both Continental Congress held? 

• To vote for the first president
• To decide when to go to war with Great Britain
• To discuss a solution to the colonists’ complaints of Great Britain 
• To write the Constitution

The __________ were colonists that supported independence from Britain.

• militia
• Loyalists
• Patriots
• minutemen

After Lexington and Concord, who gathered in Pennsylvania to decide how the colonies should respond to Britain’s growing threat.

• British Parliament

• The Second Continental Congress.

• The Colonists.

• George Washington