American Revolutionary War Vocabulary

Which statement best describes minutemen?

• September 1774, delegates from twelve colonies sent representatives to Philadelphia to discuss a response to the Intolerable Acts

• self-reliance and freedom from outside control

• a professional soldier hired by a foreign army

• Member of a militia during the American Revolution who could be ready to fight in sixty seconds

Which best explains the Olive Branch Petition?

• a gradual reduction or weakening; a rubbing away

• An offer of peace sent by the Second Continental Congress to King George lll

• They organized the Continental Army, called on the colonies to send troops, selected George Washington to lead the army, and appointed the committee to draft the Declaration of Independence

• Member of a militia during the American Revolution who could be ready to fight in sixty seconds

Select the best description of attrition during the Revolutionary War?

• self-reliance and freedom from outside control

• a gradual reduction or weakening of an army; a rubbing away or defeat of soldiers

• Member of a militia during the American Revolution who could be ready to fight in sixty seconds

• a professional soldier hired by a foreign army

The written document sent as An offer of peace sent by the Second Continental Congress to King George lll is called....

• First Continental Congress

• Minutemen

• Olive Branch Petition

• Second Continental Congress

Choose a synonym for importance.

• Minutemen

• Militia

• independence

• significance

Choose the matching term:

self-reliance and freedom from outside control

• significance

• independence

• minutement

• militia

Choose matching term:

Colonists during the American Revolution who could be ready to fight in sixty seconds.

• mercernary

• independence

• minutement

• militia

This refers to when the twelve colonies sent representatives to Philadelphia to discuss a response to the Intolerables Acts.

• minutement

• Olive Branch Petition

• First Continental Congress

• Second Continental Congress

The Second Continental Congress was forced to meet because of the following events

• The Intolerables

• Battles at Lexington and Concord

• The Boston Massacre

• The Boston Tea Party

England sent Hessian soldiers hired to help fight the American colonists. These soldiers are an example of ....

• attrition

• militia

• independence

• mercenaries