Chapter 4 American Revolution Part 2

Gathering of colonial leaders who were deeply troubled about the relationship between Great Britain and its colonies in America

• Continental Congress of America
• Second Continental Congress
• First Continental Congress
• Third Continental Congress

Colonists who chose to fight for independence:

• Tories
• Loyalists
• Monarchists
• Patriots

The members of the civilian volunteer militia:

• minutemen

• Redcoats

• GIs

• mercenaries

British soldiers wearing red uniforms:

• Continental Army

• mercenaries

• militia

• Redcoats

Meeting of delegates from 12 colonies in Philadelphia in May 1775:

• Second Continental Congress
• Third Continental Congress
• Continental Congress of 1776
• First Continental Congress

Army created by the Second Continental Congress to carry out the fight against Britain:

• German Army

• Continental Army
• British Army
• Spanish Army

The Virginian who commanded the Continental Army:

• John Adams
• Benjamin Franklin
• Thomas Jefferson
• George Washington

Battle won by the British but with double the American losses:

• Battle of Lexington
• Battle of Concord
• Battle of Saratoga
• Battle of Bunker Hill

By Thomas Paine, a 47 page pamphlet that argued against British rule over America:

• Common Sense
• Unreasonable
• Uncommon Sense
• Sense

The main author of the Declaration of Independence:

• Abraham Lincoln
• Benjamin Franklin
• George Washington
• Thomas Jefferson