Mod. 4.2 The Revolution Begins

The Convention of delegates from the colonies called in to discuss their response to the passage of the Intolerable Acts.

• First Continental Congress (1774)

• Second Continental Congress (1775)

• Minuteman

• Patriot

a leader of the American Revolution and a famous orator who spoke out against British rule... Famous Quote "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death"

• Patrick Henry

• George Washington

• William Howe

• Samuel Adams

Colonists who wanted independence from Britain

• Patriots

• Minuteman

• Loyalists

• Red Coats

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

• Minutemen

• Patriots

• Redcoats

• Continental Army

Commander of the Continental Army

• George Washington

• William Howe

• Paul Revere

• Henry Knox

First major battle of the Revolutions. It showed that the Americans could hold their own, but the British were also not easy to defeat. Ultimately, the Americans were forced to withdraw after running out of ammunition, and Bunker Hill was in British hands. However, the British suffered more deaths.

• Battle of Bunker Hill

• Battle of Fort Ticonderoga

• Battle of Lexington and Concord

• Battle of Dorchester Heights

Victory where Americans gained cannons and transported them 300 miles to Dorchester Heights, overlooking Boston Harbor.

• Battle of Fort Ticonderoga

• Battle of Bunker Hill

• Battles of Lexington and Concord

• Battle of Dorchester Heights

Continental Army officer that is credited for transporting heavy artillery over 300 miles from Ft. Ticonderoga to Boston.

• Henry Knox

• George Washington

• William Howe

• Benedict Arnold

Alerted colonists of the advancing British army which allowed Minutemen to prepare their militias.

• Paul Revere

• George Washington

• Henry Knox

• William Howe

Where the British, led by Howe, retreated after seeing all the Americans up on the hills with cannons.

• Dorchester Heights

• Battle of Fort Ticonderoga

• Battle of Bunker Hill

• Battle of Lexington and Concord