Fighting Begins in the North

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

• First Continental Congress (1774)

• Minutemen

• Second Continental Congress (1775)

• Patriot

Colonists who wanted independence from Britain

• Patriots

• Loyalists

• redcoats

• minutemen

Colonists who wanted to be loyal to Britain

• Loyalists

• Patriots

• minutemen

• red coats

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

• minutemen

• redcoats

• patriots

• continental army

Commander of the Continental Army

• George Washington

• Paul Revere

• Henry Knox

• Willian Howe

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 Lexington and Concord

• Battle of Fort Ticonderoga

• Battle of Dorchester Heights

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

• Paul Revere

• George Washington

• William Howe

• Henry Knox

The first battles of the American Revolution (April 19, 1775)

• Lexington and Concord

• Battle of Fort Ticonderoga

• Battle of Bunker Hill

• Dorchester Heights

What was King George's reaction to the Olive Branch Petition?

• Repealed the Intolerable Acts

• sent 20,000 more troops to the colonies

• Brought back all British troops to England

• stepped down as king

What was an advantage that Patriots had?

• many cannons

• highly trained soldiers

• strong navy

• determined to defend homes