The Revolution Begins

Define: First Continental Congress

• a meeting of colonial delegates in Philadelphia to decide how to react to fighting at Lexington and Concord; created the Continental army

• American colonists who fought for independence from Great Britain during the Revolutionary War

• a meeting of colonial delegates in Philadelphia to decide how to respond to the closing of Boston Harbor, increased taxes, and abuses of authority by the British government; delegates petitioned King George III, listing the freedoms the believed colonist should enjoy

• a Revolutionary War battle in Boston that demonstrated that the colonists could fight well against the British army

Define: minutemen

• American colonists who fought for independence from Great Britain during the Revolutionary War

• American colonial militia members ready to fight at a minute's notice

• the army created by the Second Continental Congress in 1775 to defend the American colonies from Britain

• British soldiers who fought against the colonists in the American colonies; so called because of their bright red uniforms

Define: Redcoats

• American colonists who fought for independence from Great Britain during the Revolutionary War

• British soldiers who fought against the colonists in the American colonies; so called because of their bright red uniforms

• the army created by the Second Continental Congress in 1775 to defend the American colonies from Britain

• American colonial militia members ready to fight at a minute's notice

Define: Patriots

• the army created by the Second Continental Congress in 1775 to defend the American colonies from Britain

• British soldiers who fought against the colonists in the American colonies; so called because of their bright red uniforms

• American colonial militia members ready to fight at a minute's notice

• American colonists who fought for independence from Great Britain during the Revolutionary War

Define: Second Continental Congress

• a meeting of colonial delegates in Philadelphia to decide how to react to fighting at Lexington and Concord; created the Continental army

• refusal to buy British goods as a form of punishment or protest

• a meeting of colonial delegates in Philadelphia to decide how to respond to the closing of Boston Harbor, increased taxes, and abuses of authority by the British government; delegates petitioned King George III, listing the freedoms the believed colonist should enjoy

• American colonists who fought for independence from Great Britain during the Revolutionary War

Define: Continental army

• American colonial militia members ready to fight at a minute's notice

• British soldiers who fought against the colonists in the American colonies; so called because of their bright red uniforms

• the army created by the Second Continental Congress in 1775 to defend the American colonies from Britain

• American colonists who fought for independence from Great Britain during the Revolutionary War

Define: George Washington

• leader of the Continental army and first President of the United States

• British soldiers who fought against the colonists in the American colonies; so called because of their bright red uniforms

• American colonists who fought for independence from Great Britain during the Revolutionary War

• leader of the British army

Define: Battle of Bunker Hill

• the army created by the Second Continental Congress in 1775 to defend the American colonies from Britain

• American colonists who fought for independence from Great Britain during the Revolutionary War

• a Revolutionary War battle in Boston that demonstrated that the colonists could fight well against the British army

• a meeting of colonial delegates in Philadelphia to decide how to react to fighting at Lexington and Concord; created the Continental army

Define: Boycotting

• refusal to buy British goods as a form of punishment or protest

• buying all the British goods in the colonies

• refusal to go to work

• refusal to listen to simple instructions

Who warned the colonists of the British advance toward Lexington and Concord?

• Thomas Gage

• Paul Revere

• John Hancock

• Samuel Adams